The first details of C949, a supersonic airliner project, have been quietly unveiled by Chinese state-owned aerospace giant ...

The Chinese airframer has a way to go in designing a supersonic airliner and has yet to fly a low-boom demonstrator similar ...

Beijing knows that it needs to take over commercial aviation. Supersonic flight is key to that.

China is planning to build a supersonic airliner that can reach Mach 1.6. It is to be designed in such a way that it can fly further than the Concorde. The Chinese supersonic aircraft Comac C949 ...

With sonic booms measured at a perceived level of 83.9 decibels—comparable to a standard hair dryer—Comac engineering teams are working to minimize noise pollution and regulatory hurdles associated ...

China's aviation firm Comac has been enjoying some good news lately, including the ability to announce the C949 supersonic concept and interest from Ryanair. However, the C949 supersonic concept has ...

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), a Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturing company, is developing the first silent s ...

The Comac C949 will fly 1.6 times faster than the speed of sound and at a range that is 50 per cent greater than that of retired Concorde, aerodynamicists detailed in an research paper published ...

Innovation in commercial aviation has been stuck for 60 years. A commercial supersonic jet might be back on the market soon, but will China get there first?