Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Ten months after its long-delayed first subsonic flight took place last March, Boom Supersonic’s prototype test plane, the XB-1, broke the sound barrier today three times during its 12th flight.

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 ...

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 demonstrator aircraft soared past the speed of sound ... a federal ban on civil supersonic flight meant to limit sonic booms. Boom aims to roll out its first Overture ...

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 ...