The FAA is eliminating a decades-old rule that bars new supersonic commercial jets.

The FAA is planning to revise America’s ban on commercial supersonic flight—as long as the “sonic boom” it emits can be ...

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

NASA's X-59 has officially gone supersonic. See how this experimental jet aims to turn disruptive sonic booms into a quiet thump.

Cross-country flights could soon be cut in half after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) moved Thursday to scrap its 1973 ban on overland supersonic travel and replace it with new noise limits.

NASA's X-59 jet has finally gone supersonic. The X-59, a long-nosed demonstrator designed to help develop the tech required for "quiet" supersonic flight, notched the milestone on Friday (June 5), ...

FAA moves to lift the U.S. supersonic flight ban, paving the way for coast-to-coast trips in under three hours.

The U.S. Air Force is the entity responsible for assigning X-number designations to important experimental aircraft and rockets that dates back to 1947. The new experimental supersonic X-plane was ...

NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft's first supersonic flight this month.

Jaw-dropping images show the latest flight tests of the supersonic "son of Concorde" aeroplane that could fly from London to New York in under four hours. NASA’s X-59 aircraft flew with its "wheels-up ...