forming a shock wave. The abrupt pressure change creates the characteristic sonic boom heard on the ground, akin to an explosion or a thunderclap. If you have witnessed sonic booms on various ...

Muzzling the boom has everything to do with knowing ... body of a supersonic aircraft could alter the shape of the sonic-boom waveform such that the resulting boom packed a much softer punch.

If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during three test runs, a step toward the possible return of ...

By achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger ...

American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during a supersonic test flight. The last flight of a supersonic airliner, ...

Collier Aerospace supplied HyperX computer-aided engineering software to Swift Engineering for the structural sizing, ...