When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...

NASA says the X59 supersonic jet will produce a sonic thump instead of a sonic boom, which might help lower it's noise.

NASA's 'quiet' supersonic jet is getting ready to take off NASA is continuing development of the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft designed to make sonic booms quieter. The X-59 is not ...

There is every indication that supersonic planes are on their way back, more than two decades after Concorde last took to the ...

Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...

Last month, the successful launch of the first supersonic flight of Boom Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator aircraft took place at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. The American technology ...

NASA has completed the engine ground tests on its supersonic jet, which is expected to take to skies later this year. The X-59 jet is Nasa and Lockheed Martin's joint offering, which the pair hope ...

The current titleholder for the world's fastest private jet is the Gulfstream G700, developed by Gulfstream Aerospace.