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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
Have you ever sat down and thought “I wonder if a trebuchet could launch a projectile at supersonic speeds?” Neither have we. That’s what separates [David Eade] from the rest …read more Continue reading Supersonic Projectile Exceeds Engineers Dreams: The Supersonic Trebuchet
Exosonic has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force to develop a low-boom supersonic Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that will not only be used to demonstrate cutting-edge supersonic aircraft technology, but also to provide next-gen combat drones fo… Continue reading Supersonic combat drones to help train future US Air Force pilots
At the Langley Research Center in Virginia, NASA has completed testing of the eXternal Vision System (XVS) 4K video screen that will take the place of the forward flight deck window for its X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft.Continue Re… Continue reading NASA tests video screen to replace supersonic X-59’s cockpit window
“If you are tired of long waiting hours due to the traditional flights, the wait is over now.” So says self-proclaimed South African “tech mogul” Priven Reddy, founder of the latest company to throw its hat into the supersonic passenger aircraft space…. Continue reading Leap Aerospace and the magical supersonic VTOL zero-carbon airliner
There are more than a few ifs, buts and maybes hanging over the development of Boom’s Overture supersonic airliner, but if the company can jump through the necessary hoops United Airlines will be ready to grab a slice of the action. The carrier has ink… Continue reading United Airlines eyes supersonic travel through new deal with Boom