Boom Supersonic has launched "The Boom Prize," offering $800,000 ($750k cash + $50k company stock) for the first amateur-built, air-breathing, radio-controlled aircraft to exceed the speed of sound.

California has played a central role in NASA's push to test its X-59 jet and usher in an era of commercial supersonic air ...

Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ever on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of supersonic flight. The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave Air and ...

NASA's X-59 has officially gone supersonic. See how this experimental jet aims to turn disruptive sonic booms into a quiet thump.

A ban on continental supersonic flight has been in place since the 1970s, to ensure nobody endures the noisy sonic booms left in their wake. Aeronautic engineering has come a long way since then, ...

A long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over the United States would be overturned in a new rule proposed by the ...