Piaggio is an Italian company known for its innovative transportation and contributions to aviation, as shown in the ...

NASA has included critical payloads in a flight test that simulated lunar gravity to prepare them for the Moon and other space exploration missions. During the test, Blue Origin’s New Shepard ...

Strikes on Avanti West Coast resume on Sunday 2 February. After two successive Sundays with severe disruption – but no walk-outs – most trains run by the intercity train operator will be ...

The aircraft, piloted by Chief Test Pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg, reached a cruising speed of Mach 1.1 (around 844 miles per hour) during its flight, which took less than 45 minutes ...

MOJAVE, Calif. – A test flight over the Desert Southwest could mark the return of supersonic travel that has been largely sidelined since the early 2000s. Boom Supersonic, a Colorado-based aerospace ...

Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California. The company’s XB-1 ...

On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier three times and achieved a top speed of Mach 1.1. On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier ...

A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...

During the test flight, it reached an altitude of 35,000ft before accelerating to Mach 1.1 (844mph) - 10% faster than the speed of sound.

A supersonic jet built by US company Boom has broken the sound barrier for the first time since the Concorde during a test flight. Boom's Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator is the first civil aircraft to ...