When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

Boom Supersonic plans to build the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, and this week announced a breakthrough in the ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...

Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, which fuels climate change. Supersonic jets also fly higher than current ...

A startup wants to revive the Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out, without the noisy boom and the up to ...

During the second supersonic flight of the XB-1 technology demonstrator today, the jet exceeded Mach 1 three times without a ...

When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – ...

During the demonstration flight on January 28, 2025, the XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times, but not one of those ...

CHINA has unveiled its latest supersonic drone which reportedly could fly passengers at twice the speed of Concorde. The superfast aircraft, dubbed “Monkey King”, aims to reach a top ...