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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, ...
NASA’s X-59 Jet Conducts Afterburner Test for Supersonic Flight Performance
The X-59, part of NASA's Quesst program, completes afterburner testing for supersonic speeds with reduced noise.
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Boom's XB-1 jet nails supersonic flight for first time
Boom Supersonic (or just "Boom") adopted a systematic approach to testing, taking the XB-1 through subsonic, transonic, and ...
NASA's about to fly its powerful X-plane. It could make history.
After the first test flights in 2025, Lockheed Martin will transfer the plane to NASA. Then, after acoustic testing over ...
Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.
Watch Boom supersonic jet break sound barrier on path to speed up commercial flights
Boom's Supersonic XB-1 jet became the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” to break the sound barrier ...
The 8 Best Gulfstream Jets, From the G800 to the Quiet Spike
Gulfstreams have long been a favorite of heads of state, CEOs, and billionaires. Far East Movement's "Like a G6" cemented it ...
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Boom Supersonic: first independently developed supersonic jet flies
Boom Supersonic, which is developing the world's fastest airliner, Overture, has announced the successful first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in ...
Jet breaks sound barrier in bid to revive supersonic travel
STORY: The return of supersonic air travel just might have come a step closer. U.S. startup Boom Supersonic sent its XB-1 jet ...