Could a flight across the world take just two hours? It might, if we master hypersonic travel — and a group of Japanese ...

Rolls-Royce produces some of the world's most powerful widebody engines, including one of the two engines that power the A380.

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet ended its second test just nine minutes into flight, ending the one-hour event almost as soon as it began because of a system warning. Credit: NASA / Jim Ross Nothing seemed ...

In the endless pursuit of faster, more efficient travel, engineers have been cooking up all kinds of new forms of propulsion. One of the most interesting to emerge in the last decade is the electric ...

After months of test flights, NASA’s X-59 aircraft is gearing up for its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier without producing a loud, thunder-like clap. The experimental aircraft is set ...