Plane could help pave way for faster commercial air travel Aircraft built to break sound barrier with sonic 'thump' Designed to cruise at Mach 1.4 at altitude of 55,000 feet First test flight was ...

Supercruise sounds like marketing spin, but in aviation it describes a very specific and demanding trick: flying faster than ...

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the southern California desert just after sunrise in what could be the first step ...

About an hour after sunrise over the Mojave Desert of Southern California, NASA’s newest experimental supersonic jet took to the skies for the first time on Tuesday. The X-59 Quesst (Quiet SuperSonic ...

Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first flight in California, according to a press release spotted by Gizmodo. The X-59 ...

NASA's X-59 has finally taken flight. The X-59 is NASA's experimental new jet built to break the sound barrier without generating the thunderous sonic booms typically associated with supersonic flight ...

Cockpit views and flight video show the X-59 going through its paces over Mojave. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new video ...

Why it matters: Supersonic flight has existed for nearly 80 years, but remains banned over land due to the deafening sonic booms produced when aircraft exceed Mach 1 (767 mph). NASA and Lockheed ...

Leading the charge is Boom Supersonic, which is exhibiting at NBAA-BACE for the first time. Unlike its erstwhile counterpart and one-time NBAA-BACE regular Aerion, Boom is targeting the airline market ...

PALMDALE, California >> NASA’s X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound ...