NASA's X-59 supersonic jet ... the X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet conducting tests of its afterburner, a system that injects extra fuel into the hot exhaust of a jet engine. "The X-59 — precision ...

Overture aims to carry as many as 80 passengers at a speed of Mach 1.7. Rolls-Royce pulled out of plans to make jet engines for the program in 2022, saying the supersonic market wasn’t a priority.

XB-1's engine intakes slow supersonic air to subsonic speeds, efficiently converting kinetic energy into pressure energy, allowing conventional jet engines to power XB-1 from takeoff through ...

THE LAST commercial supersonic flight was BA002 ... but Boom has also to produce engines to match. The demonstrator is powered by a trio of General Electric’s J85-15 engines, previously ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ever on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of supersonic flight. The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded U.S. jet to break the sound barrier ... The company said the engine it's developing for the Overture will have ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet is set to take off on its inaugural supersonic flight today ... Brandenburg has to run through - such as if the engine fails. "Finally, we run the profile at ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

It took off with a bang. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Monday as the American company seeks to deliver the world’s faster airliner capable of ...