Supersonic

It's been well-established that the Blackjack looks like an aluminum bird, and it's really big, but what are the performance characteristics? It is certainly not slow. It's…

According to NASA, supersonic speeds are given a Mach number. Mach 1 is the speed of sound. Mach 2 is twice the speed of sound, and so on. Fighter jets like the…

In service today as part of the Russian Air Force is the Sukhoi Su-34, which entered service in 2015. It is a frontline fighter-bomber equipped with a 30mm cannon and 10…

The Valkyrie was a marvel of technical innovation. It could sustain speeds of over 2,000 miles per hour with its six inline turbojet engines with afterburners. Its range was…

Unveiled in 1956, the B-58 Hustler was in service for the U.S. Air Force between 1960 and 1970. Convair built 116 jets in total, with 86 going into operation, and 30 built as…

Despite looking somewhat similar, the Tu-144 was not an exact copy of the Concorde adorned with the hammer and sickle. The Tupolev first took flight in the early months of…

According to the USAF, Boeing will produce over 350 Red Hawk aircraft as part of a contract worth more than $9.2 billion. There's also speculation that the Red Hawk's design…

In a blog post, NASA shared details about the new engine that will power the X-59 aircraft. The new engine is supplied by General Electric Aviation and bears the model number…

NASA's X-59 aircraft will fly over communities to test supersonic flight without the sonic boom. Credit: NASA…

Velocity contours of the fully started flow field around the a) rigid plate and b) flexible plate. Credit: The…