If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if ...

When an object, like an aircraft, exceeds this speed, it generates shock waves ... The abrupt pressure change creates the characteristic sonic boom heard on the ground, akin to an explosion ...

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

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft achieves supersonic speed, surpassing the sound barrier and paving the way for next ...

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

The Boom XB-1 civil supersonic aircraft has broken the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic is already planning ...

American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during a supersonic test flight. The last flight of a supersonic airliner, ...

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

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

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Boom Supersonic flew its XB-1 test jet at about the speed of sound, a major step as the company works toward the daunting job ...