If you know anything about supersonic passenger airliners, you'll know only one of them managed to be any good at their job. That being the Anglo-French Concorde, an airplane that hasn't flown in ...

Initial flying qualities and air data performance were verified during the X-59’s flight, which will be expanded over the coming months.

The current most powerful version of the 747-400, the ER (Extended Range) and Extended Range Freighter (ERF, pictured) boast ...

NASA did not announce the flight publicly ahead of time. Following the flight, acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy praised ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California during sunrise, shortly after completion of painting. NASA’s newest X-plane ...

Los Angeles-based startup Exosonic will develop a concept for a purpose-built, supersonic unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a 15-month, $750,000 U.S. Air Force contract, the company announced Oct.

NASA, alongside defense and aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin, led X-59’s first test flight. X-59 took off from Lockheed ...

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an ...

A brand-new supersonic jet, dubbed the Stargazer, could soon transport passengers from London to New York in a one-hour trip at a dizzying speed of 4,600 mph. The plane was developed by Venus ...

Flying faster than the speed of sound has always had a hitch: the sonic boom that generates shock waves for miles away, rattling windows, tripping car alarms and wreaking environmental havoc. U.S.

THE U.S. has seldom been reluctant to embrace either technological change or the challenge of great national projects. It is a sign of the questioning times that disquiet now attends a project of just ...

In June 2025, Vermont-based BETA Technologies completed the first-ever North American passenger flight of an electric-powered ...