Prize competitions have long played a role in advancing aviation, from the Daily Mail prize for the first flight across the English Channel won by Louis Blériot in 1908 to the Ansari X Prize for ...

Boom Supersonic has launched the "Boom Prize," offering $800,000 ($750k cash + $50k stock) to the first amateur to build and fly a radio-controlled, air-breathing aircraft that repeatedly breaks the ...

The FAA proposed new noise standards for supersonic aircraft, moving to lift the decades-old ban on civilian supersonic flights over U.S. land.

For decades, supersonic flights over the continental United States have been banned by regulators due to the sonic booms produced by the aircraft. However, it sounds like that could soon be changing.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlotte-based reporter Ted Reed covers airlines and airline labor. While Boom Supersonic continues to promise delivery of its ...

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A long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over the United States would be overturned in a new rule proposed by the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just announced a new proposal that would lift the just-over 50-year ban on supersonic flights over the continental U.S. Under the suggested guidelines, the ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Traveling at the speed of sound may actually be on the horizon. NASA’s supersonic aircraft, dubbed “son of Concorde” ...

The Federal Aviation Administration announced a proposed rule change Tuesday that would lift the ban on supersonic flights over the continental U.S. by non-military planes, a policy that’s been in ...