Supersonic air travel feels simultaneously like our past and our future. Although it may have once seemed like an impossible feat, engineers cracked the code and broke the sound barrier back in 1947.

Boom Supersonic took a step toward its passenger jet ambitions Friday by completing the first flight of its demonstrator plane, called XB-1, at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. The company ...

The idea of supersonic commercial flight has long been associated with iconic aircraft like the Concorde and the Tupolev 144. However, after facing technical and financial challenges, supersonic ...