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.

After more than two decades of silence in the skies following the retirement of Concorde, supersonic passenger flight is probably staging a comeback. Leading this new chapter is Boom Supersonic, an ...

Today NASA is officially trotting out the finished version of an experimental aircraft that looks like a stretched-out arrowhead. Painted in red, white, and blue, the plane is called the X-59, and it ...

NASA has disclosed further details of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator's maiden flight on 28 October, marking the ...

A thunderous explosion heard across the Washington Metropolitan area on Sunday afternoon was a sonic boom from a Department of Defense aircraft, according to officials. Rattled residents took to ...

Boom Supersonic’s 2025 test flights were “of particular interest” to league executives, the Wall Street Journal reports.

A boom so loud it reached sonic levels, is the explanation officials are giving on the noise heard Sunday afternoon from Virginia all the way across to Anne Arundel County and beyond. WBAL-TV has ...

Sonic Boom as a weapon! In 1969. The USSR led a small, yet potentially devastating conflict in the far east, with it’s a communist ally - China, Soviet high command came up with the idea of a ...

A boom so loud it reached sonic levels, is the explanation officials are giving on the noise heard from Virginia all the way across Anne Arundel County and beyond Sunday. WBAL-TV has learned how a ...

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.