The FAA is eliminating a decades-old rule that bars new supersonic commercial jets.

NASA’s X-59 has reached 924 mph and 55,000 feet, bringing the agency closer to proving that future supersonic passenger ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a proposal that would lift the 50-year ban on supersonic flights over the ...

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

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For decades, supersonic flights over the continental United States have been banned by regulators due to the sonic booms produced by the aircraft. However, it sounds like that could soon be changing.

NASA's X-59 has officially gone supersonic. See how this experimental jet aims to turn disruptive sonic booms into a quiet thump.

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

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More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...