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- NATO fighter jets led by French Rafale intercepted Russian military aircraft over Baltic Sea
  NATO intercepts russian jets: NATO fighter jets intercepted Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Monday, April 20. Allied jets ...
  22 Apr, 2026, 07.38 AM IST
- NATO intercepts Russian military aircraft flying over Baltic Sea
  NATO's response was swift as jets stationed at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania were dispatched to monitor Russian bombers and fighters intru...
  21 Apr, 2026, 08.45 PM IST
- Supersonic Jets Are Fast, But the Real Trick Is Something You Cannot See
  Supersonic flight could soon be a reality for overland travel. NASA's X-59 aircraft is designed to fly faster than sound, but with a quiet ...
  09 Mar, 2026, 05.07 PM IST
- The Quietest Supersonic Jet Ever Built Might Fail for a Surprisingly Ordinary Reason
  NASA's X-59 QueSST aircraft is set to revolutionize supersonic travel by replacing loud sonic booms with a quiet thump. Engineers are focus...
  06 Mar, 2026, 05.15 PM IST
- Nasa’s X-59 jet breaks the sound barrier without the boom, the future of flight just got real
  NASA test pilot Nils Larson flew the X-59 supersonic jet on its inaugural flight over California's Mojave Desert, validating a revolutionar...
  31 Oct, 2025, 10.02 AM IST
- China’s ambitious supersonic jet C949 set to revive the Concorde legacy, COMAC unveils plans for a faster, quieter aircraft by 2049
  China's COMAC is developing the C949, a supersonic passenger jet, targeting a 2049 launch. It aims to revolutionize long-haul travel with M...
  07 Aug, 2025, 09.21 AM IST
- Forget jet lag: NASA’s X-59 could get you from New York to London in three hours and you won't even feel it
  NASA’s experimental X-59 supersonic jet has completed low-speed taxi tests in California, inching closer to its maiden flight. Developed un...
  20 Jul, 2025, 02.28 PM IST
- Supersonic flight: Will planes go faster than sound again?
  Supersonic aircraft have been criticized by environmentalists for burning more fuel per passenger than comparable subsonic planes.
  25 Jun, 2025, 07.16 PM IST
- Boom Tech’s XB-1 becomes first privately developed jet plane to break the sound barrier
  Boom plans to focus next on the Overture airliner, which it says will carry as many as 80 passengers while moving at about twice the speed ...
  30 Jan, 2025, 12.41 AM IST
- Get ready to travel anywhere in the world in 4 hours for only $100
  Supersonic flights are set to make a comeback with Boom Supersonic's XB-1 and NASA's X-59 preparing for tests. The XB-1 aims to break the s...
  28 Jan, 2025, 09.50 PM IST
- NASA & Lockheed's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft, that can travel faster than the speed of sound, makes debut
  NASA and Lockheed Martin have debuted the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft, which aims to enable commercial supersonic flight over land by ge...
  13 Jan, 2024, 12.50 PM IST
- London to New York in less than four hours! All you need to know
  Boom's jets are extremely quick, but they can't match the speed of the fabled Concorde, which reached a speed of Mach 2.04. Due to a series...
  17 Aug, 2022, 03.43 PM IST
- Supersonic airlines are coming back while Elon Musk dreams of space
  Air travel in the future will be divided among legacy carriers, supersonic startups, and rockets.
  06 Oct, 2017, 07.58 PM IST
- NASA a step closer to building quieter supersonic X-plane
  Washington, June 28 (IANS) In a major step towards building an actual X-plane, NASA has completed the preliminary design review of its Quie...
  28 Jun, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
- The fastest supersonic passenger airliner Boom XB-1, to be launched in 2017
  The XB-1 is powered by three General Electric J85-21 turbojet engines, fed by two variable geometry supersonic intakes.
  28 Nov, 2016, 09.22 AM IST
- NASA aims to develop 'eco-friendly' supersonic aircraft
  NASA said that supersonic jets travel at higher altitudes than regular jets, so they have a greater potential to damage the ozone layer.
  08 Jun, 2015, 05.21 PM IST
- Chinese supersonic fighters used by Air Force to train pilots
  Chinese-made supersonic fighters are being used at the People's Liberation Army's Air Force's flight academy to reform pilot training first...
  10 Mar, 2015, 10.47 PM IST
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