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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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XB-1 demonstrator hits Mach 0.95 in 11th test flight Test confirms aircraft's frame strength under extreme conditions Supersonic passenger aircraft, Boom Overture, planned for the 2030s ...

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If successfully launched, the Boom Overture could carry 64 to 80 passengers on transatlantic journeys that will take just 3 hours and 30 minutes between London and Newark. Rory Bathgate is a ...