Retired F-15 Eagles have been acquired by NASA to support groundbreaking research with the X-59 experimental aircraft, serving as chase planes and carrying instrumentation. The X-59, developed by NASA ...

After World War II, as early supersonic military aircraft were pushing the boundaries of flight, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that commercial aircraft would eventually fly faster than sound as ...

In the 1990s, NASA initiated a five-year research program with Russian aerospace companies to develop new technologies for a proposed second-generation supersonic airliner. The engineers used a ...

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...

Section 1. Purpose. The United States stands at the threshold of a bold new chapter in aerospace innovation. For more than 50 years, outdated and overly restrictive regulations have grounded the ...

ON MONDAY. EARLIER TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED THREE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO EXPAND THE COUNTRY’S USE OF DRONES, SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT AND FLYING CARS. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS PLAN TO START A PILOT ...

NASA's X-59 is taking slow steps towards supersonic flight, beginning taxiing tests at US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The final part of Phase One development, it's the precursor to ...

A recent set of aviation related Executive Orders aim to promote the commercial development of unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”) and supersonic flight in the United States by reducing regulatory ...