XB-1 demonstrator did not quite break the sound barrier during its seventh test flight but reached speed and altitude ...

During the Nov. 5 test flight, which lasted 55 minutes, XB-1 reached an altitude of 23,015 feet (7,015 meters) and a new top ...

THE supersonic jet that could fly passengers from London to New York City in 3.5hours has reached a new top speed in its latest test flight. The XB-1 plane, from Boom Technology, completed its ...

American space agency NASA announced it has begun engine testing for the X-59 experimental aircraft, first flight expected early next year.

A supersonic jet plane that could slash flight times in half has reached record speeds in its latest test flight. Boom Technology's XB-1 plane was performing the seventh of its ten subsonic test ...

The milestone, achieved high above California's Mojave Desert, marks the closest that aerospace innovator Boom Technology's supersonic demonstrator aircraft has come to traveling faster than the ...

Why don’t we have supersonic aircraft any more? Although commercial supersonic air travel kicked off in the 1960s with the arrival of the Concorde, since that jet was retired in 2003 ...

NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing towards its first flight test. Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been ...

In 1962, the governments of Britain and France signed the Anglo-French Agreement, pooling their money and resources to develop a supersonic commercial jet. The name "Concorde" was chosen because ...

Forget the launch pad: A Space Coast company wants to accelerate its rare supersonic aircraft to twice the speed of sound, climb up to 45,000 feet, and fire wing-mounted rockets up into low-Earth ...

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