An example may be the Federal Aviation Administration's nearly complete ban on supersonic aircraft. Where the law is genuinely ambiguous, however, our approach would help to make sure that ...

Following a few more ground tests, it will fly over numerous cities around the country. NASA will ask people on the ground if ...

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The US aerospace company Boom Supersonic recently announced it has successfully tested its latest aircraft, the XB-1. The company is developing a larger plane and aims to begin passenger flights at ...

Boom Supersonic, a commercial aviation company behind the sonic boom-less XB-1, posted an image showing its experimental plane breaking the sound barrier. Captured during a successful test flight ...

Supersonic aircraft tend to fly at high altitudes (Concorde flew at 60,000ft, 18km, rather than the 40,000ft, 12km, typical for most passenger jets) to take advantage of lower turbulence levels.

The American space agency plans to have a supersonic aircraft called X-59 in the air sometime this year, with a major goal in mind. It's a momentous occasion for aviation, as the research aircraft ...

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground ...

If everything goes according to plan, NASA's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program will produce its first results as soon as this year, as the demonstrator plane built for it, the X-59 ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was "no audible sonic boom". The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a "Son of ...