If you live anywhere near an air force base, you know the roar of fighter jets' engines -- so strong, it can bust your ...

Both NASA and Lockheed Martin recently released photos of the X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet conducting tests of its afterburner, a system that injects extra fuel into the hot exhaust of a jet engine.

In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed ... to listen to the X-59' by simulating sonic thumps with fighter jets (photos) ...

Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a three-year, $1.5 billion contract to sustain F119 engines powering U.S. Air Force F-22 ...

After the aircraft reached its minimum speed, he immediately pushed the throttles to maximum afterburner to gain ... dangerously low speed of 88 knots. A fighter jet normally clears the deck ...