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.

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

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.

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 ...

“XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight—without an audible boom. This confirms what ...

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 ...

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 ...

Credit: Boeing, Colin Throm/AW&ST Do not expect Boeing to launch a supersonic transport anytime soon, but as market interest in higher-speed travel returns, the company’s long-term development ...

Boeing Airplane Co., with $2.1 billion, including 6-52 bombers, KC-135 jet tankers and Bomarc missiles. ¶General Dynamics Corp., $1.4 billion, including F-102 and F106 fighters, B58 supersonic ...