A long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over the United States would be overturned in a new rule proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration. That could pave the way for the ...

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Manufacturers of supersonic jets would get a boost under new proposed rules from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow flights faster than the speed of sound over land, reversing a more ...

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

The high sustained speeds of the SR-71 heated the engines to the point that the aircraft and engines dramatically expanded.

After breaking the sound barrier for the first time, NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet flew faster and at higher altitudes in preparation for its most crucial test. The experimental aircraft reached a speed ...

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“Scramjet-powered vehicles are envisioned to operate at speeds up to at least Mach 15,” NASA said after this program for creating the 12-foot research aircraft, the X-43A, which still holds the ...

Quarterhorse demonstrator achieves supersonic flight. Credit: Hermeus High-speed aircraft maker Hermeus flew the Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 demonstrator aircraft above supersonic speed for the first time, ...

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