The first commercial Concorde flights took off on January 21, 1976. Two Concordes, each operated by one of the partner ...

Supersonic passenger jets once promised a world where crossing oceans felt as quick as a long lunch break, yet today the fastest commercial flights still cruise below the speed of sound. The ...

Supersonic successor: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' new design for a quiet supersonic passenger airplane draws on its work with NASA on the X-59.

Boom Supersonic rolls into this year’s Farnborough show one-and-a-half years after embarking on an in-house project to develop an engine for its conceptual supersonic airliner Overture. Taking the ...

A San Francisco-based aerospace company’s supersonic engine concept has received new funding. Astro Mechanica has received an investment from United Airlines Ventures (UAV), the venture capital arm of ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Renowned Greensboro artist William Mangum won the "Most Original" category in Boom Supersonic’s global design contest for the company’s Overture jet. His design was selected from ...

JAXA’s robust low-boom design is intended to reduce sonic boom on and off track and at cruise and climb speeds. Credit: JAXA Japan has launched a project to flight demonstrate robust low-boom design ...

Supersonic flight has the potential to revolutionize travel, shaving hours off the length of a trip. The XB-1 will demonstrate the technology that will inform the Overture, the company’s commercial ...

Eight college students have summer jobs at NASA this year, thanks to their participation in a contest to design a supersonic airliner. College students from the U.S., Japan and India researched ...

Boom Supersonic has an impressive new speed record in its latest test flight with its XB-1. With its vision set to revolutionize air travel, this is a huge step to make things happen. The test flight ...

In Pasadena, Calif., a former supersonic wind tunnel has been transformed into a new educational facility: the Mullin Transportation Design Center (MTDC) at ArtCenter College of Design. Designed by ...