THE XB-1 ‘Son of Concorde’ jet is expected to reach speeds faster than sound for roughly to four minutes in an upcoming ...

SON of Concorde’ XB-1 jet is “on track” to break the sound barrier in early 2025, makers of the supersonic plane have announced. In its first major update of the year, ...

If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if ...

The program centers around a unique fleet of supersonic jet interceptors retrofitted to serve as airborne hypersonic research platforms. These aircraft enable fast and efficient testing of ...

A Chinese firm says it expects to fly a supersonic prototype in the second half of this year, with the goal of eventually flying a more advanced hypersonic commercial jet by 2030 at Mach 5 (3,836 ...

The hypersonic missile’s reported capabilities put US bases in Guam within reach, though Kim Jong-un insists it is purely defensive.

Supersonic and hypersonic are basically one and the same ... The US banned them even earlier, in 1973, because the sonic booms were so loud they made people's windows rattle.

Sonic booms became part of the public consciousness during the advent of supersonic air travel in the mid-20th century. The sharp clap of noise occurs when an object travels faster than the speed ...

JUST before the outbreak of war in 1939, Dr. Ferri was in charge of the supersonic wind tunnel at Guidonia, near Rome, then by far the largest in the world. There he made some fundamental ...