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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA unveiled the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft designed to produce a quieter sonic boom. The explosive noise happens ...

Did you hear a house-shaking boom shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday? If you did, you can now say that you've heard a sonic boom. An F-16 fighter jet of the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin introduced the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft on January 12, 2024, presenting it as a research plane ...

America currently remains ahead of China when it comes to airplanes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, according to Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl. “I think aviation has always been seen ...

Today, many military aircraft can break the sound barrier to enter supersonic flight. Certain commercial models can as well, including the Concorde, which is famous for its record-breaking flights. As ...

Boom Aviation’s XB-1 took a giant step forward in its mission to become the third civilian-built supersonic jet today when it completed a roughly 12-minute sub-sonic test flight in the skies around ...

Today NASA is officially trotting out the finished version of an experimental aircraft that looks like a stretched-out arrowhead. Painted in red, white, and blue, the plane is called the X-59, and it ...

Comparing the Boom Overture to Concorde and its commercial viability.

NASA unveiled the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft designed to produce a quieter sonic boom. The explosive noise happens when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound. Though the ...

America currently remains ahead of China when it comes to airplanes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, according to Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl. "I think aviation has always been seen ...