Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, has successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a ...

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the ...

The X-59 is the cornerstone of NASA’s Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QUESST) program, which launched in 2016. At the time, the ...

Moving at pace, in January 2024 it announced a collaboration with airport operator Fraport to explore the next steps ...

If you boil it down to the basic facts, the era of commercial supersonic flight was a European phenomenon. Concorde, its ...

Modern wings are mostly designed to reduce drag but also save on weight, and provide other benefits to fuel consumption for ...

Lockheed Martin is constructing the X-59 prototype for NASA in California and is planning to operate test flights of the ...

Leading the charge is Boom Supersonic, which is exhibiting at NBAA-BACE for the first time. Unlike its erstwhile counterpart and one-time NBAA-BACE regular Aerion, Boom is targeting the airline market ...

When a passenger aircraft crosses Mach 1, it's moving faster than sound. That shift creates shock waves around the airframe. Drag increases sharply, engines must burn far more fuel, and the familiar ...

From supersonic jets capable of halving intercontinental travel times to radical blended-wing aircraft promising dramatic carbon reductions, a new generation of aerospace visionaries is rewriting the ...

As residents of Chicago learned last week, sonic booms can cause damage such as broken windows, minor structural damage, and psychological unsettlement. While a sonic boom can be awe-inspiring—and ...

SCHOOL YEAR. WELL, IT WAS AN AIR SHOW, BUT A SLIGHTLY SMALLER ONE IN AT LEE’S SUMMIT. IT’S NATIONAL MODEL AVIATION DAY, AND A LOCAL CLUB TOOK FLIGHT TO CELEBRATE KMBC NINE. ALAN SHOPE WAS THERE. IT’S ...