The X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft seeks to transform air travel by eliminating sonic booms from faster-than-sound ...

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ X-59, a cutting-edge experimental aircraft aimed at making supersonic travel quieter, has been ...

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

Fifty years after the US banned supersonic flights of civilians over land, a needle-nosed aircraft has risen from the California desert promising to rewrite that rule. NASA’s X-59, built in ...

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

In a major milestone in the history of the aerospace sector Boom Supersonic has made a key regulatory breakthrough by being ...

After Nick Sheryka's dreams of flying for the U.S. military were dashed because of hearing loss in his left ear, he didn't sulk. Instead, he built his own airplane. Sheryka eventually obtained his ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 "quiet supersonic" aircraft is nearing its maiden flight after completing low-speed taxi tests, with medium- and high-speed tests as the final step. The X-59 is ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that directs the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil, marking a major policy shift that ...

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 — for the ...