The Quesst mission and a “silent” boom The X-59 sits at the center of NASA’s Quest mission, short for quiet supersonic ...

Military aviation is filled with aircraft that keep flying long after their first flight, shaping how newer fighters are ...

Boom Supersonic is putting its engine technology to work on the ground to power the AI boom, and help fund development of its ...

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according to Boom Supersonic. The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a ...

The aviation industry is witnessing a resurgence of interest in supersonic travel. From Boom Supersonic to the rollout of ...

Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm's XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025. The ...

As part of GE Aerospace's Atmospheric Test of Launched Air-breathing System (ATLAS) program, a Starfighters F-104 aircraft ...

NASA's X-59 aircraft has been marching toward a fest flight since it entered development in 2016 with the goal of bringing back commercial supersonic travel. Next, the agency will test jet-mounted ...

The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a ...

We visited Boom Supersonic's hangar in Mojave, California, as the company prepared to break the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer ...

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