The first aircraft to break the sound barrier wasn't powered by jet engines. Instead, it was more like a rocket with wings and a tail. In 1947, an experimental airplane called the Bell X-1 was taxied ...

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

PALMDALE, California >> NASA’s X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound ...

A new "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for ...

The X-59 quiet supersonic jet, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), successfully completed its first test flight in California on Tuesday, paving the way for faster commercial air travel. The ...

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

Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first flight in California, according to a press release spotted by Gizmodo. The X-59 ...

I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...