The X-59 jet, dubbed the “son of Concorde,” is one step closer to takeoff after the experimental aircraft taxied on a ...

Agency's final stage of X-59 ground testing will culminate in the experimental model's inaugural flight, targeted for later ...

For the first time, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft has moved under its own power, officially kicking off its “taxi ...

The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it could now be viable.

NASA has completed the first taxi tests of its experimental X-59 supersonic demonstrator, which aims to conduct low sonic ...

Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

NASA researchers have been using a tiny aircraft dubbed “Son of Concorde” in trials to assess the impact of supersonic ...

Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

On January 28, the company’s XB-1 demonstrator achieved supersonic flight three times with no audible sonic boom measured on the ground. That paves the way for quiet travel at the speed of sound ...

The year started well for Boom Supersonic, a Colorado-based firm that has been building its Overture supersonic airliner since 2014. On January 4, the company announced a $100 million influx of ...

Over 50 years after Concorde first took to the skies, a brand new supersonic jet is preparing for lift off. Denver based start-up Boom Supersonic has announced it will roll out XB-1, a 1:3 scale ...

Boom, the Denver-based startup company developing what could be the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde, will build a factory at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro.