In partnership with NASA, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has executed the first test flight of the X-59 quiet supersonic ...

North Carolina’s two U.S. senators filed legislation Wednesday that would rescind the 52-year-old ban on passenger supersonic flight over the United States. The legislation — there’s also a U.S. House ...

While Boom Supersonic boasted about there being no audible sonic boom on the ground during the final test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator in February, its prospective airliner still isn't allowed to ...

Instead, Boom is creating an aircraft that will have a loud sonic boom and will be restricted to flying overwater routes exclusively. The Boom Overture is designed to fly in today's world rather than ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic have teamed to create a technique that visualizes the shock waves generated out of the second supersonic test flight of its XB-1 prototype. The groups released the images ...

(CNN) — The skies over the United States could be wide open for much faster air travel in the near future. Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development — ...

I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...

Have you ever wondered what an airplane breaking the sound barrier looks like beyond the visible spectrum? I mean, if the sound is so deafening, the sight must be truly spectacular. And you'll find ...

Trump ended a 52-year ban on overland supersonic flight via executive order. Boom Supersonic plans to begin jet production at its NC superfactory in 2026. The FAA must draft new supersonic noise ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to end the 52-year ban on supersonic flights in the United States, which will clear the way for commercial passenger aircraft to ...

(CNN) — Now here’s one for the mantelpiece. A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as America’s first civil supersonic jet completed its second flight at speeds ...