Boom's Supersonic XB-1 jet became the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” to break the sound barrier ...

The XB-1 demonstrator has broken the speed of sound, hitting Mach 1.1. It is the first civil supersonic aircraft in US history and the first to do so since Concorde was retired in 2003. That was an ...

A small commuter plane flying over icy seas in western Alaska just south of the Arctic Circle with 10 people on board ...

A prototype of a passenger jet designed to succeed the supersonic Concorde broke the sound barrier for the first time on ...

The root-mean-square difference of the sound speed obtained by the inversion method was< 1.0 m/s. The high sound speeds induced by the internal tide were well captured by the results of 3D inversion.

The historic event occurred on Tuesday during a test flight from the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Notably, this is the first time a civil supersonic jet made in America has shattered the ...

The US Coast Guard in Alaska said that an "item of interest" had been found during the search operation looking for a small ...

Reports are growing of a weapon that could threaten even the most advanced enemy aircraft, with hypersonic speeds posing ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype breaks the sound barrier on Jan. 28. Photo: Courtesy of Boom ...