Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde ...

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Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

The aerospace company put its technology to the test today, breaking the sound barrier and reviving the dream of supersonic ...

XB-1’s supersonic flight took place in the same historic airspace where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947, among many other historic firsts. The first supersonic ...

More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work. View on ...

The single-seat, three-engine jet is the first independently developed plane to exceed Mach 1 in level flight.

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...

The Colorado-based company is aiming to build a Concorde-like supersonic aircraft—but has hurdles to clear before realizing ...

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.

Boom Supersonic (or just "Boom") adopted a systematic approach to testing, taking the XB-1 through subsonic, transonic, and ...