Not every experimental jet fighter made by the U.S. military would go on to reach production, for any number of reasons.

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.

American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

NASA is looking at developing a craft with a softer boom, and Boeing is also working on a prototype for supersonic commercial travel. Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as the ...

The company's CEO says the US aviation market is being held back by Boeing. Boom Supersonic just became the first US commercial planemaker to break the sound barrier, a significant milestone in ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 test jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Tuesday. The XB-1 is a subscale version of its planned passenger model. The company's CEO says the US aviation market is ...