American space agency NASA said it completed a new series of tests on the X-59 experimental aircraft, putting systems and piloting through their paces.

The X-59 is NASA’s answer to the biggest obstacle in supersonic travel—noise. Engineered to reduce sonic booms to a soft “thump,” this sleek aircraft is designed to fly at Mach 1.4 while ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing, verifying how its systems ...

NASA’s quiet supersonic research aircraft, the X-59, has completed an essential round of testing without ever leaving the ...

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NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high above the California desert—all ...

which plans to build its jet aircraft at Piedmont Triad International Airport. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis are cosponsors of the Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act, which would direct the ...

The iconic aircraft, which revolutionised air travel with its supersonic speeds ... Culture Minister Rachida Dati said in a statement on X announcing the designation. The Concorde entered into ...

Boom’s recent supersonic tests included an experimental sharkskin-like material that makes the aircraft smoother and therefore more efficient. Developed by Micro Tau in Australia, the riblet ...

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America returns to reusable hypersonic flight testing since the glory days of the X-15. Stratolaunch released a new video documenting the completion of its second hypersonic flight and full ...

The Swallow was intended to be the supersonic successor to the so-called Wild Goose project and another Vickers jet bomber, the subsonic Valiant (which was historically significant in its own ...