China’s Comac is aiming to redefine supersonic travel with its C949 airliner, a 1.6-Mach design promising greater range and significantly reduced noise compared to the Concorde. Comac engineers ...

Chinese aerospace firm Comac has supersonic flight in its sight and has published plans of a proposed jet called the C949. It is planned for release in 2049 to coincide with the centenary of the ...

The trouble is, China may get there first. Its hyper-aggressive aeroplane maker Comac has unveiled plans for a supersonic passenger jet, the C949. It has already launched the C919, a competitor to ...

Today, China is reportedly developing the C949, a supersonic commercial liner, that will also avoid creating sonic booms and put the Pacific in closer reach of Beijing. Perhaps supersonic ...

The designers of China’s J-36 stealth fighter are working on a computer system that will help pilots achieve the difficult and dangerous manoeuvre of landing a sixth-generation jet on a moving ...

Stephen Chen is the SCMP's science news editor. He investigates major research projects in China, a new power house of scientific and technological innovation, and their impact to humanity.

Chinese scientists have found a way to overcome metal fatigue in a process that transforms common stainless steel into a material strong enough for aerospace and other high-grade applications ...