Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm’s XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10 ...

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...

Laws that currently ban jets from supersonic flight overland in many countries, including the U.S., is also a hurdle that needs to change if hypersonic flight will be realistic. “In the future ...

The team at Boom Supersonic are determining whether a 12 th test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator is needed before undertaking its first attempt at breaking the speed barrier. On January 10, 2025, XB-1 ...

SON of Concorde' XB-1 jet is "on track" to break the sound barrier in early 2025, makers of the supersonic plane have announced. In its first major update of the year, bosses at Colorado-based ...

Microsoft has recently introduced a new collection of desktop wallpapers to its website, offering a wide variety of wallpapers for download. The latest collection, ‘Fluid Textures,’ was designed by 3D ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. For the first time since the Concorde was retired in 2003, the dream of supersonic ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Ever since the Concorde retired in 2003 after only 27 years of flying, supersonic commercial flights have seemingly been a pipe dream, but new developments in science in ...

But while we have the capability to push those speeds from around 500 miles per hour to even greater extremes thanks to faster-than-sound supersonic flight, doing so comes with a stiff penalty ...