The revival of supersonic passenger jets is a thrilling prospect, marked by both extraordinary promise and significant ...

Researchers at CU Boulder are using lasers to precisely quantify the performance of high-speed engines. Those measurements — recently described in detail in Optica — are key to propelling superfast ...

There are a number of different projects to reintroduce commercial supersonic flight, which ended with the retirement of Concorde in 2003. These are at various stages of development, or ...

Would a few thousand pounds of thrust or a square meter of radar cross section win the next great air battle? In the Pacific’s contested skies, the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and China’s Chengdu J-20 ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 test vehicle is scheduled to lift off today (Jan. 28) at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

It’s been almost 20 years since Concorde flew for the final time. While various companies have set about bringing supersonic travel back to life since then, we’re still yet to see this come to ...

Graphic showing how engineers are using lasers to precisely quantify the performance of high-speed engines. These measurements – recently described in detail in Optica – will be key to propelling ...

Rolls-Royce has ended its involvement in a project by Boom Supersonic to develop a faster-than-sound passenger airliner, leaving unclear the powerplant options available to Boom. “We are appreciative ...

Researchers expect anything from water vaporization to creating ice or light in project funded by U.S. Navy, Air Force Sometime next summer, on the second floor of a research building on the Case ...

More than 20 years after the last commercial Concorde flight, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to repeal the ban on supersonic flight over land across the country. That ...

An aeronautics professor says videos clearly show a sonic boom. But the U.S. Air Force has denied that any plane went supersonic on Friday when a boom may have shattered several windows on lakefront ...