It’s been two decades since a passenger jet broke the sound barrier — until now. The Boom XB-1 just went supersonic, marking a massive leap forward for commercial aviation. Could this be the next ...

A bill to repeal the ban on supersonic flights over the U.S. could increase the demand for the gas-guzzling jets from around ...

The Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act would allow America's aviation watchdog to issue licenses allowing flights over ...

The Concorde was decommissioned in 2003. The French Minister of Culture, Ms. Dati, placed the first aircraft of this type under a preservation order.

Boom Technology, the Colorado company working on building the next generation of supersonic jets, has chosen to develop and test its engines of the future just 30 miles north of its Centennial ...

Supersonic speeds for nonmilitary flights have been outlawed since 1973 due to noise and property damage concerns.

In January, Boom Supersonic experienced a major milestone when its civilian jet, the XB-1, broke the sound barrier during a ... transatlantic flights on the Concorde, a supersonic jet, from ...

To go much more rapidly, we require technology, mainly in the form of mechanical propulsion. We had steam trains for the entirety of the 19th century and the motor car for its final few years, but ...

The Concorde was banned from virtually every ... When a jet breaks the sound barrier up there, it creates a loud boom. As the sonic boom moves downward, it enters denser air, where sound travels ...