NASA has recently confirmed that it is preparing a supersonic aircraft of the X-59 type, which will make a trip from New York to London in 1.5 hours.
The aircraft will have an incredible speed of approximately between 1,535 to 3,045 miles per hour, which will be twice as fast as the top speed of a fighter jet.
The next phase of high-speed air travel is underway, according to NASA, which has so far secured two 12-month contracts with major firms Boeing, Rolls-Royce and others to help build it. the plane from the technological side. The X-59 aircraft is scheduled to make its test flight this year, the Daily Mail reports.
The current fastest plane in the world, the French and British-built Concorde, made its fastest flight between New York and London on February 7, 1996, crossing the Atlantic in just 2 hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds.
In its press release, NASA said it hoped to speed up flights from New York to London "up to four times faster than is currently possible".
According to NASA's Hypersonic Technology Project manager, Mary Jo Long-Davis, the development phase for the new aircraft will focus on reducing noise during takeoff and landing at first.
Both the United States and many other countries ban supersonic flights over land, due to noise pollution from the noise of supersonic aircraft taking off and landing.