A test flight over the Desert Southwest could mark the return of supersonic travel that has been largely sidelined since the ...

The XB-1 went supersonic two additional times during the flight, at about 17 and 22 minutes after takeoff, to allow pilots to test the jet's handling performance during supersonic flight.

While the prospect of commercial supersonic flights is probably at least a decade from becoming a reality due to Boom ...

America’s first civil supersonic jet, has reached Mach 1.1 (844 mph), marking a historic milestone in aviation.

XB-1's supersonic flight marks the first time an independently developed jet has broken the sound barrier. "XB-1's supersonic flight demonstrates that the technology for passenger supersonic ...

XB-1's supersonic flight marks the first time an independently developed jet has broken the sound barrier. The first supersonic jet built from airliner technology, XB-1 incorporates many of the ...

The single-seat jet, a 201-foot-long test model by Boom Supersonic, hit 844 mph just 12 minutes into its latest test flight out of California’s Mojave Air and Space Port. “We are so back ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft has broken the sound barrier in a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert in the southwestern US. The XB-1 demonstrator completed its first supersonic flight on ...

NASA will fly F-15s through supersonic shock waves behind its experimental X-59 jet When NASA and Lockheed Martin complete ground testing and verify the X-59's flight readiness, the jet will begin ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet is set to take off on its inaugural supersonic flight today, where it will break the sound barrier for the first time. Bosses at Colorado-based Boom Technology ...