The content is produced solely by The Conversation. Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now the ...

File photo. Boom Supersonic plans to build a supersonic airliner called Overture that could travel from New York to Rome in just four hours and 40 minutes, instead of eight hours. (Boom Supersonic ...

Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for. Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

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American aerospace startup Boom made history on Tuesday by breaking the sound barrier during the test flight of its Boom Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator jet. The XB-1's flight, livestreamed from the ...

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