Adding a quiet spike nose probe (lower right) and boom control tail bump (lower left) helped Comac meet its sonic boom target. Credit: Comac via Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica China’s Comac ...

JAXA’s robust low-boom design is intended to reduce sonic boom on and off track and at cruise and climb speeds. Credit: JAXA Japan has launched a project to flight demonstrate robust low-boom design ...

Supersonic aircraft design has re-emerged as a focal point in aerospace research, driven by the need to develop transport solutions that are both economically viable and environmentally acceptable.

At the end of the last century, a wealthy few lived the dream of flying faster than the speed of sound, crossing the ocean in champagne-and-caviar style in a needle-nosed jet called the Concorde. But ...

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground ...

Abstract: The return of commercial supersonic flight requires innovative solutions to be developed that meet noise and efficiency requirements for overland flight. To study such a possibility NASA is ...

As residents of Chicago learned last week, sonic booms can cause damage such as broken windows, minor structural damage, and psychological unsettlement. Last week, the US Air Force’s Thunderbirds ...