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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

The history of aviation is full of notable X-Planes, a number of which heralded ... but it does go a long way towards eliminating the traditional “sonic boom”. On the ground, instead of ...