Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...

American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

See Boom Supersonic's "refined" design of the Overture aircraft in this animated explainer. Credit: Boom Supersonic ...

A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...

The moment of truth — perhaps destiny — has arrived for Boom Supersonic and its Overture aircraft. The attempt to achieve supersonic flight at Mach 1.1 is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. EST on ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet just broke the sound barrier. Achieving Mach 1.112 is a milestone for the aerospace brand, which ...

America’s first civil supersonic jet, has reached Mach 1.1 (844 mph), marking a historic milestone in aviation.

High above a barren California desert on Tuesday, a privately developed aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ...

The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound, but a major ...

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