New photograph captures breathtaking sight of history-making Boom Supersonic's XB-1 passenger plane as it hits supersonic ...

So there was ample incentive four years ago for Whitcomb and a team of NASA engineers at the Langley Research Center in Virginia to turn from the investigation of supersonic wing design to the ...

A number of companies worldwide have been working on the design and development of supersonic business jets (SSBJ). These jets are intended to tran ...

NASA's Quesst Mission aims to develop a new supersonic jet that produces quiet sonic booms, allowing for faster-than-sound ...

For supersonic flight, the nose was hydraulically lifted, streamlining the plane's shape and allowing it to efficiently pierce the air. It's a classic aerodynamic problem: most wing shapes that ...