The Concorde was a marvel of engineering, capable of flying at Mach 2 while delivering passengers across the Atlantic in ...

More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work. View on ...

Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...

“However, Concorde was never built for sustainability, either economically or environmentally.” Overture’s Symphony engines should be able to run on up to 100 per cent sustainable aviation ...

Similarly, the development of the aircraft's Olympus 593 jet engines would also be a collaborative effort, with work on this front undertaken on both sides of the English Channel by Bristol Siddeley ...

Scholl said Overture will be more economical than Concorde, which last flew in 2003, thanks to its 20% more aerodynamic design, lighter carbon-fiber airframe, and 20% more fuel-efficient engines.

A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time on ... requiring billions of dollars in additional funding, including a yet-to-be ...

The plane was also the subject of complaints about noise from its loud turbojet engines and its sonic booms. Scholl says Concorde had very loud, converted military engines, but Overture will be ...

This ambitious project, however, faced numerous hurdles. From London’s Heathrow Airport, the British Airways Concorde embarked on its maiden voyage to Bahrain. Representational image The engines ...