The Concorde's record-breaking flights went up to Mach 2.04. Boeing looked at a supersonic bomber designed to outrun enemy aircraft for the wings, the XB-70, wanting to create variable sweeping wings.

In 1963, the Lockheed A-12 (code-named “Archangel”) became America’s first supersonic stealth plane. Incredibly fast, much ...

While the U.S. had two strategic bombers at the end of the 1950s ... It could carry a payload weight of up to 50,000 pounds. According to Boeing, the fully loaded plane weighed a remarkable ...

One bomber in the U.S. inventory, however, does fly at supersonic speed ... aviation platforms including the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737.

founder and CEO of the Colorado startup that wants to build supersonic aircraft in North Carolina. Boom celebrated the opening of its Greensboro factory last month. In recent years, Boeing and ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the commercial market.

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including the Boeing B-1B supersonic bomber. The air force also pursued LRASM certification for its Boeing B-52 heavy bombers going as far back as 2019, although that effort has since been abandoned.

Impact Link Boom Supersonic just became the first US commercial ... especially as China's homegrown jetliners gain traction and Boeing continues to face delivery delays. "Boeing hasn't built ...