Boom Technology began ground testing of the aircraft in December 2022. Following a comprehensive taxi test campaign, the ...

With increasing scrutiny on the environmental consequences of flying, it is important to consider the effect of supersonic ...

No visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum is complete without stepping aboard one of the world’s most iconic aircraft, the ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic capture a stunning image of the XB-1 aircraft breaking the sound barrier using the Sun as a backdrop ...

The Concorde was an engineering marvel, flying passengers across the Atlantic at Mach 2—twice the speed of sound. Designed ...

A 12-passenger “seaglider” that is part boat and part aircraft harnesses Cold War-era technology to fly just above the waves ...

Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...

Convair isn't the world's biggest aircraft maker, but its 990 Coronado was one of the fastest planes of the 1960s. Why was ...

NASA captures a historic image of the XB-1 supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier without a loud boom, marking a breakthrough.

Sonic booms have long been a barrier to overland supersonic flights. The Concorde was banned from virtually every country in the world because of the thundering noise. Only the US, Great Britain, and ...

In a stunning, glowing image, NASA has captured the moment that Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator broke the sound barrier ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...