NASA is working on an experimental piloted aircraft designed to fly faster than sound, all without producing the annoying, if not sometimes alarming, sonic booms.

The X-59 QueSST aims to be the first supersonic aircraft to reduce the "boom" to a "thumb" and overcome one of the great ...

Quesst is the result of a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and NASA to build a supersonic aircraft that can fly over land. It just took off.

American aerospace firm Boom Supersonic announced its first energy contract in the data centre sector in December and already ...

Space agency doubles the jet fighter research fleet for its X-59 quiet supersonic flight program.

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 ...

We take a look back at the iconic Concorde airliner, and explore whether there's a viable future for supersonic aviation.

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 ...

NASA’s X-59 QueSST (a low-boom demonstrator) made its first flight on October 28, 2025. It is hoped that when it flies ...

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 ...

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