By David Shepardson FARNBOROUGH, England July 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it was working to ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is stepping up efforts to modernize aviation regulations, aiming to accelerate the ...

A ban on continental supersonic flight has been in place since the 1970s, to ensure nobody endures the noisy sonic booms left in their wake. Aeronautic engineering has come a long way since then, ...

NASA's Quesst mission looks to develop a supersonic aircraft that could one day transform commercial air travel in the United ...

Boom Supersonic has launched the "Boom Prize," offering $800,000 ($750k cash + $50k stock) to the first amateur to build and fly a radio-controlled, air-breathing aircraft that repeatedly breaks the ...

Editor’s Note: To watch a video version of this article, click here. For 53 years, one federal regulation has stood between ...

Supersonic airliner startup Boom Technologies has launched an $800,000 prize for the first U.S. amateur team to fly a remotely piloted, air-breathing aircraft above Mach 1 in level flight twice in one ...

A long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over the United States would be overturned in a new rule proposed by the ...

Commercial supersonic aircraft may soon return for the first time since Concorde was retired in 2003. Several companies are working on designs and NASA is investing millions in developing technology ...

NASA’S “Son of Concorde” jet that could fly from the UK to New York in four hours has smashed through the sound barrier without triggering the usual sonic boom. The experimental ...

California has played a central role in NASA's push to test its X-59 jet and usher in an era of commercial supersonic air ...

Just days after NASA’s experimental X-59 plane flew at supersonic speeds for the first time, the space agency has announced another milestone for the research aircraft. The plane is designed to ...