Why bringing back commercial supersonic flight is almost impossible

The last time anyone other than a fighter pilot went supersonic was 20 years ago. Today, you can only visit a Concorde in a ...

Supersonic Flight Didn’t End With Concorde. It’s (Quietly) Coming Back.

Two decades after Concorde’s last flight a new class of supersonic commercial jets are on the horizon. Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 jet (shown in a Schlieren photograph) has flown at supersonic ...

Lockheed Martin X-59 Could Enable Overland Supersonic Flight

NASA's X-59 experimental aircraft aims to reduce sonic booms to a quiet 75 dB. Read how its elongated nose and delta wings ...

NASA's supersonic jet reaches milestone on way to changing air travel

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet is designed to surpass the speed of sound without producing sonic booms. Here's the latest on ...

China’s Answer to NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Could Reach Mach 2

China is preparing to test an experimental supersonic passenger aircraft, which can travel at twice the speed of sound with a ...

China’s new supersonic plane could travel twice as fast as sound

The United States isn’t the only nation itching to restart supersonic passenger air travel. Earlier this month, China ...
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NASA Is Building Its Supersonic X-Plane Out of Old Warbirds

The Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) is designed to explore new aircraft shaping to reduce sonic boom noise. QueSST is reusing parts of several military aircraft in long-term storage, including ...
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Beijing to Shanghai in 30 minutes: China ready to test its supersonic TMS-10 plane

China is moving its next-gen supersonic passenger aircraft research into a more demanding phase, ...

What Happened to the Concorde? All About the Supersonic Plane That Cut Travel Time in Half and Cost $7,574 Per Ticket

A number of factors led to the Concorde ceasing all operations in 2003, including a fatal crash that killed 113 people in 2000 ...
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Hermeus Flies Newest Supersonic Plane, Delivering Its Second Successful First Flight in Nine Months

The company's largest and fastest vehicle to date, Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 brings Hermeus one step closer to building the world's fastest aircraft. TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M., March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ ...