Breaking the sound barrier in a privately developed civil aircraft is a significant aviation milestone by any measure. But as the champagne corks popped and the engines on Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 ...

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

The XB-1 prototype accelerated smoothly to reach as fast as Mach 1.11 at about 35,000 feet at 11:33 a.m., 11:38 a.m. and ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

Boom plans to focus next on the Overture airliner, which it says will carry as many as 80 passengers while moving at about ...

Supersonic flights are set to make a comeback with Boom Supersonic's XB-1 and NASA's X-59 preparing for tests. The XB-1 aims ...

The monumental test flight was broadcast live from California's Mojave Air & Space Port ... step towards developing Boom's commercial supersonic aircraft, Overture. Following the success of ...

The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave Air and Space ... the "foundation" for Overture, the jet that it is building for commercial supersonic flight. Boom Supersonic aims to ...

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

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, Overture.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.122, reaching an altitude of 35,290 feet at ...