Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup’s plane ...

Digitally optimized aerodynamics that allow the aircraft to remain stable at both supersonic and subsonic speeds, Carbon composite materials for construction of the aircraft, and Bespoke supersonic ...

Boom Supersonic, a commercial aviation company behind the sonic boom-less XB-1, posted an image showing its experimental plane breaking the sound barrier. Captured during a successful test flight on ...

MOJAVE, Calif. (WGHP) — Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft is speeding up toward the sound barrier with each successive test flight, and Saturday’s flight was the closest yet. The XB-1 aircraft, ...

Colorado aerospace company Boom Supersonic flew its XB-1 demonstrator for the first time on Friday. Nicknamed the "baby boom," the jet tests technologies for Boom's future Mach 1.7 Overture airliner.

Ever since the ahead-of-its-time Concorde jet was retired in 2003, aviation enthusiasts have eagerly awaited the return of a passenger aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier. That dream is now ...

The first private supersonic aircraft since Concorde retired two decades ago has taken to the skies. On March 22, Boom's XB-1 supersonic demonstrator completed its maiden flight at the Mojave Air & ...

Earlier this month, a demonstrator aircraft for what could be the first new civil supersonic plane to be launched since the 1960s took to the skies. It’s a milestone moment in the highly anticipated ...

After more than two decades of silence in the skies following the retirement of Concorde, supersonic passenger flight is probably staging a comeback. Leading this new chapter is Boom Supersonic, an ...

When the experimental XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight on 28 January, it did not produce a sonic boom audible from the ground, according to US ...

Aerospace company Boom Supersonic is working to develop a new supersonic passenger jet. The Overture is designed to carry 88 people and fly across the Atlantic in less than four hours. Some experts ...