Sleek airliners transporting passengers at supersonic speeds and reasonable prices over land could help restore some of the ...

Sleek airliners transporting passengers at supersonic speeds and reasonable prices over land could help restore some of the thrill of flying.

One company leading this charge is Boom Supersonic. At the end of January, Colorado-based Boom successfully flew its test plane, the XB-1, at the speed of Mach 1.1 (or 1.1 times the speed of sound).

The most advanced fighter jets in the world are known as "fifth generation". They contain technologies developed in the first ...

The Chinese airframer has a way to go in designing a supersonic airliner and has yet to fly a low-boom demonstrator similar ...