An American civil aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time in California's Mojave Desert, a US aviation company ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet has shattered the sound barrier without the disruptive sonic boom that has long hindered faster-than-sound commercial travel. This event, ...

A new "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for ...

The X-59 quiet supersonic jet, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), successfully completed its first test flight in California on Tuesday, paving the way for faster commercial air travel. The ...

Supersonic flight refers to aircraft travelling faster than the speed of sound, approximately Mach one at sea level, or ...

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect public feedback on the “sonic thump.” Still, in some quarters, the dream lives ...

The sound barrier is something many people have heard of, but few understand, as it's somewhat of a misnomer. The speed of sound is known as Mach 1 (767 mph), and when an object moves beyond this, ...