The race to conquer supersonic flight defined an era of Cold War ambition, national pride, and technological rivalry. In this ...

Boom Technology, the Colorado company working on building the next generation of supersonic jets, has chosen to develop and ...

The only confirmed supersonic air-to-air gun kill is credited to a hotshot U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II pilot named Maj.

In a bold move to revive supersonic travel, Russia once proposed converting its TU-160 bombers into luxury jets—equipped for ...

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced that it has selected a site at ...

The B-58 Hustler was well named: it could hit Mach 2, the first bomber to go so fast. So why did the Air Force dump it ...

An aerodynamic material that mimics shark skin helps planes fly with less drag – and it can be added to existing aircraft ...

Innovation in commercial aviation has been stuck for 60 years. A commercial supersonic jet might be back on the market soon, ...

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

The military re-evaluated its priorities with fighter jets. Rather than optimizing airframes to sustain high speeds, it ...

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