Lockheed Martin is in the final stages of developing and delivering the X-59 Quesst. It's a supersonic aircraft that will be headed to NASA, and it promises to upend the supersonic aircraft industry.

The NASA X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) is now flying and soon will start test flights aimed at reducing the sonic boom to a thump for people on the ground. While this seeks to overcome one ...

After World War II, as early supersonic military aircraft were pushing the boundaries of flight, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that commercial aircraft would eventually fly faster than sound as ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is clearing the way for the return of commercial supersonic air travel by revamping regulations for faster-than-sound aircraft for the first time since ...