Supersonic passenger jets once promised a world where crossing oceans felt as quick as a long lunch break, yet today the ...

Boom Technology Inc., the start-up business proposing to build supersonic aircraft to carry up to 88 passengers, has agreed with a team of developers and suppliers on a propulsion system concept for ...

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

Last week, we delved into the history of supersonic passenger planes — how they were developed, when and where they flew, and ultimately, what killed them. We also enumerated the many challenges ...

If you know anything about supersonic passenger airliners, you'll know only one of them managed to be any good at their job. That being the Anglo-French Concorde, an airplane that hasn't flown in ...

THE U.S. has seldom been reluctant to embrace either technological change or the challenge of great national projects. It is a sign of the questioning times that disquiet now attends a project of just ...

Item: Colorado-based start up Boom Supersonic is taking some major leaps forward in its quest to make supersonic flying a reality again. Nearly two years after rolling out its prototype supersonic ...

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Ever since the supersonic Concorde was grounded in 2003, airline passengers — at least, wealthy airline passengers—have yearned for the return of faster-than-sound transit. Today, a trip from New York ...

Up, up, and away—and then floor it! It’s worth noting that Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 test aircraft broke the sound barrier three times over California’s Mojave desert today, reaching Mach 1 at 34,000 ...