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

The world of experimental self-built aircraft is full of oddities, but perhaps the most eye-catching of all is the JD-2 “Dyke Delta” designed and built by [John Dyke] in the 1960s. Built to ...

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

The XF8B was envisioned to provide the U.S. Navy with a long-range carrier-borne fighter that could take the fight to the Japanese mainland. When it comes to military aircraft manufacturing, Boeing is ...

The second experimental sample of the fundamentally upgraded strategic missile-carrying plane Tupolev-160M is undergoing ground tests at the flight test station of the Gorbunov aircraft plant in ...

A laboratory in South China has completed ground testing of an artificial intelligence-powered turbine engine that can reach ...

US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 aircraft has achieved a speed in excess of Mach 1 for the first time.