NASA's experimental X-59 jet has successfully flown faster than the speed of sound for the first time. The aircraft is designed to break the sound barrier without creating a loud sonic boom, instead ...

A long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over the United States would be overturned in a new rule proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration. That could pave the way for the ...

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Boom Supersonic's prototype XB-1 supersonic aircraft. Photo Credit: Boom Supersonic The FAA has begun the formal regulatory process that would allow for commercial and private supersonic flights over ...

The stock price of Aerospace company Starfighters Space, which operates the world’s only commercial supersonic aircraft fleet out of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, was down by double digits Tuesday, ...

The FAA also revealed plans for more rules to come later this year, which would establish landing and takeoff noise standards for any aircraft flying at Mach 1 and above—the benchmark for supersonic ...

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

Manufacturers of supersonic jets would get a boost under new proposed rules from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow flights faster than the speed of sound over land, reversing a more ...

A Concorde jet is moved into New York’s Intrepid Museum in 2023. (Mary Altaffer/AP) Imagine flying commercial between the West and East coasts in under three hours. It won’t happen anytime soon, but ...

Startup Spike has stepped up activity on its S-512 supersonic business jet, encouraged by U.S. regulatory developments. Credit: Spike Aerospace The FAA has proposed a noise standard that would lift ...

NASA's experimental X-59 jet has successfully flown faster than the speed of sound for the first time from the Edwards Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is designed to break the sound barrier ...

Editor’s Note: To watch a video version of this article, click here. For 53 years, one federal regulation has stood between Americans and the return of supersonic air travel over the continental ...