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

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.

Credit: Boom Supersonic/Cover Images Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom ...

The Boom Supersonic aircraft exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California for its highly ...

Today’s a day I’ve been looking forward to for more than a decade,” said Blake Scholl, Boom's visionary founder and chief ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...

The Concorde jet, which was grounded in 2003, was the only supersonic commercial airliner that ever flew, and had its maiden flight in 1969. At the time it was considered a technological marvel ...

The XB-1's latest test flight wasn't just for fun - it's another step on the path to developing a commercial supersonic aircraft, a project already named Overture. "Next, we are scaling up the ...

The XB-1, which has now completed 12 successful test flights since it first took to the air in March 2024, is the precursor to the development of Boom’s supersonic commercial airliner ...

XB-1’s supersonic flight took place in the same historic airspace where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first ...