Two aviation companies in Greensboro, N.C., are developing new aircraft designs that aim to double flight speeds and halve ...

NASA's X-59 QueSST aircraft is set to revolutionize supersonic travel by replacing loud sonic booms with a quiet thump.

Passengers are one step closer to flying supersonic for the first time since Concorde’s retirement after Nasa took its “sonic thump” plane for its first test flight. The X-59 took off on its maiden ...

Shush! The era of quiet supersonic air travel is upon us. After years of development and setbacks, aeronautical engineers in the US flew the X-59, a “revolutionary” experimental aircraft designed to ...

(WGHP) — Aviation was born in North Carolina in 1903 when the Wright Brothers lifted off the sands of Kitty Hawk. Now, the way your children and grandchildren travel in the air won’t be like what ...

For decades, flying faster than the speed of sound has meant speeding across the skies in an aircraft that creates a powerful sonic boom -- a huge noise that travels down to the ground below like a ...

Lockheed Martin's experimental supersonic plane has officially entered production, the defense giant announced Friday. Earlier this year, NASA awarded Lockheed a contract worth nearly $250 million to ...

Lockheed Martin announced in a press release the successful completion of an initial test flight for the X-59, a new supersonic airplane designed to cut down on noise concerns for faster commercial ...

A sonic boom heard across Washington, D.C., on Sunday was the result of a fighter jet investigating an aircraft in a restricted area, according to U.S. officials. An unresponsive business Cessna 560 ...