American space agency NASA and aircraft maker Boeing have been researching longer and thinner wing designs, they are now ...

The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today's, with longer, thinner wings that provide a ...

The fastest air-breathing vehicle ever built was the NASA X-43. Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft measured 12 ...

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 ...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2025 conducted high-speed, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft tests, supporting aeronautics, air mobility, and Earth observation through experimental flights ...

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is catching up with Boom Supersonic by flying its X-59 experimental quiet supersonic aircraft for the first time. Boom has not only flown its test aircraft, but achieved ...

It's not set in stone yet, but the date when NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft will finally take off is fast approaching. The space agency already informed us on the most important ...

The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas. NASA’s new X-59 experimental jet flew for the ...

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