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A small airplane that looks like a fighter jet but doesn’t bear a single weapon could be a pathfinder towards a reinvention of commercial aviation—or a flying footnote destined for a spot in a museum.

Middle Eastern buyers are at the head of the orderbook list for the world's first supersonic business jet - the Aerion SBJ. And this week the programme came a stage closer to fruition. The Aerion ...

(CNN) — Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to break the ...