US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic is expecting to reach design freeze on the Overture supersonic passenger aircraft in about ...

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier ...

This achievement marks a significant step towards the development of Boom's Overture, a commercial supersonic aircraft designed to carry passengers at twice the speed of current subsonic airliners.

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 achieved Tuesday its goal of breaking the sound barrier on its first attempt with the XB-1 prototype of its Overture aircraft — and then repeated the feat two more times.

Boom Overture hopes to pick up where Concorde left off two decades ago and become a slower, smaller, but more profitable jet. Four specific technologies were proven through the aircraft’s series ...

Overture, a larger and faster passenger-carrying version of the test jet, is planned to launch in 2029 with a top speed of Mach 1.7, Boom says. That's about twice the speed of current airliners.

MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its ...