For over 70 years, the X-planes have represented the cutting edge of American aerospace innovation, experimental aircraft ...

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect ...

Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

Of the 58 sorties, 45 crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, central, southwestern and eastern ADIZ (Air ...

Bell will design and build a high-speed VTOL demonstrator for DARPA’s SPRINT program, as Aurora exits the competition.

Nations are sometimes willing to try out some wacky designs in the name of getting an edge on the enemy. These mini-aircraft ...

NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) tested a model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel to measure the noise underneath the jet.

NASA researchers have been using a tiny aircraft dubbed “Son of Concorde” in trials to assess the impact of supersonic ...

The X-plane demonstrator builds on Bell’s experience with tiltrotor aircraft, but with a new stop/fold rotor feature that ...

Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.), a Textron Inc. company, has been down-selected for Phase 2 of the Defense ...

Witness NASA and JAXA’s 19-inch X-59 scale model hit Mach 1.4 (925 mph) in Tokyo’s wind tunnel as researchers chase a quieter sonic thump.

London Southend Airport is to remain shut until further notice after a plane crashed in a fireball moments after take-off.