A little over a month after a civilian jet broke the sound barrier, Boom Supersonic and NASA have released a photo of one of ...

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic jet recently passed electromagnetic interference testing, moving it one step closer to its first ...

NASA has completed the engine ground tests on its supersonic jet ... It's unclear when the X-59 will take to the skies for the first time. The jet was supposed to make its inaugural flight ...

NASA just wrapped engine performance tests on its X-59 research aircraft, which the space agency hopes will prove a means of mitigating supersonic ... scheduled to make that flight last year ...

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. In preparation for the ...

NASA is looking at several ways to reduce the sonic boom generated when something goes supersonic. The X-59, for instance, looks like a fighter jet but has the single engine installed on top of ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed three engine run tests of the X-59 aircraft for its planned ... mainly addressing the noise pollution of supersonic flights. The performance of the plane ...

The supersonic aircraft XB-1 has flown faster than sound for the second time. The aircraft broke the sound barrier three times – and is now being mothballed. The aircraft took off from the ...

Some of the biggest hurdles in the path of supersonic civilian air transport ... of the QueSST to build an airplane per se (the X-59 developed under the program is merely a demonstrator), but ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10). The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air ...

The XB-1 is a one-third-sized proof-of-concept meant to demonstrate the aerodynamics involved in Overture, the company’s proposed commercial supersonic jet ... won’t make its currently ...