An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.

In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.

About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first ...

While the U.S. had two strategic bombers at the end of the 1950s ... It could carry a payload weight of up to 50,000 pounds. According to Boeing, the fully loaded plane weighed a remarkable ...

One bomber in the U.S. inventory, however, does fly at supersonic speed ... aviation platforms including the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737.

founder and CEO of the Colorado startup that wants to build supersonic aircraft in North Carolina. Boom celebrated the opening of its Greensboro factory last month. In recent years, Boeing and ...

After the L-2000 lost to Boeing so many decades ago, it might be Lockheed that has the last laugh in the race towards supersonic flight for airliners.

A TASS source said earlier on Wednesday that the second prototype of the heavily upgraded Tu-22M3M strategic bomber had undergone trials at supersonic speed during its fourth test flight out of ...