On Jan. 27, the XB-1 aircraft, the brainchild of Blake Scholl's company Boom Supersonic, is expected to break the sound barrier.

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Key point: Supersonic passenger jets are fast, but they make a lot of noise. Also, the B-58 just didn’t have enough passenger space to be commercially viable. In one of the ...

American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...

The Supersonic Transport It is technologically feasible to build passenger aircraft capable of 2,000-mile-an-hour speeds. Several designs have been proposed the chief problem is to attain ...

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Building on this, the aim is to enable the development of technologies that go beyond the state of the art and further reduce the environmental impact of supersonic transport. SENECA will contribute ...

Regulatory restrictions and a limited market for supersonic transport hinder the X-54's potential. Collaboration with NASA, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin on the Mach 3 business jet is at a ...

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Credit: Boeing, Colin Throm/AW&ST Do not expect Boeing to launch a supersonic transport anytime soon, but as market interest in higher-speed travel returns, the company’s long-term development ...

(CNN) — Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to ...