A significant challenge in this field is the sonic boom, a loud noise produced when an aircraft exceeds the speed of sound. Recent research has focused on innovative design strategies and ...

Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test flight this morning (Jan. 28). This would mark the first time ...

A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft ...

Overture is a planned 64-to-80 seat supersonic aircraft that Boom Supersonic hopes can become the first passenger jet to fly faster than the speed of sound since the British-French Concorde ...

Developing the overall design for the plane came with its own stumbling blocks, too. Muting the sonic boom has been a massive ... Brandon explains. “How do you make several miles of wire fit ...

The unofficial successor to Concorde is one step closer to reality after Boom Supersonic marked the 11th successful test flight of its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. On Jan. 10 ... and Mach ...

The test was conducted at a height of 29,481 feet (8,986 meters); while the aircraft flew at this speed ... and Mach number until we inevitably make that sonic boom," Nick Sheryka, c hief ...

This incredible, explosive sound has everything to do with physics – so ... you might sometimes hear a double sonic boom. This is created by long aircraft – one sonic boom will emanate from ...

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic ... cruising speeds but can do so economically and without being trailed by the dreaded sonic boom.

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, bringing supersonic passenger planes (back) closer to reality. Reaching over 35,000 ...