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In a bid to outdo the world speed record of the famous Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spyplane, aerospace technology company Hermeus has completed ground testing of its first fully-integrated prototype vehicle called Quarterhorse Mark 0.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Quarterhorse Mk 0 takes first steps toward breaking SR-71 speed record
With the usual ballyhoo, NASA and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the X-59 supersonic aircraft today. In a ceremony at the famous Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the experimental plane was introduced to the public before a party of dignitaries.Con… Continue reading X-59 supersonic X-plane gets rolled out by NASA and Lockheed Martin
After a 20-year hiatus, the return of commercial supersonic flight is another step closer after Boom Supersonic announced that its prototype faster-than-sound jet has undergone ground tests and won an experimental airworthiness certificate from the US … Continue reading Boom’s XB-1 supersonic prototype starts taxi tests
At this year’s Paris Air Show, Boom Supersonic announced a raft of new supplier agreements that reveal technical specifications for the company’s planned Overture supersonic commercial airliner and its custom Symphony engine.Continue ReadingCategory: A… Continue reading Boom reveals supersonic specs at Paris Air Show
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator full-scale single-aisle research plane designed to explore net-zero aviation emissions and faster, more economical passenger flight near the speed of sound has been named the X-66A by the US Air Force.Continue Rea… Continue reading NASA’s X-66A transonic plane doesn’t have a perfect wing, but it tries
NASA this week marked the 50th anniversary of the total ban of civilian supersonic flights over the United States. The milestone comes as the agency continues with the development of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft intended to reintroduce civ… Continue reading NASA’s Quesst to end 50-year-old commercial supersonic flight ban over US
Imagine you’re a young engineer whose boss drops by one morning with a sheaf of complicated fluid dynamics equations. “We need you to design a system to solve these equations …read more Continue reading 1950s Fighter Jet Air Computer Shows What Analog Could Do
This remarkable anti-ship weapon would run an innovative boron-powered ramjet engine that works in both air and water. Supersonic in the air and supercavitating under the water, it could strike further and faster than any conventional torpedo.Continue … Continue reading Innovative Chinese missile breathes air or water for multi-mode attacks
The future of civilian commercial supersonic travel looks a bit firmer today after American Airlines and Boom Supersonic signed an agreement for the airline to put down a non-returnable deposit towards the purchase of 20 Overture supersonic aircraft, w… Continue reading American Airlines puts down deposit for 20 Boom supersonic aircraft
The first of the next generation of civilian supersonic flight is yet to arrive, but military variants are already being considered. Northrop Grumman and Boom Supersonic signed an agreement at the Farnborough International Air Show to develop special q… Continue reading Northrop Grumman and Boom team up for supersonic military transports