Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has broken the sound barrier, paving the way for faster commercial flights if future tests succeed.

American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now ...

Prototype aircraft for supersonic airliner breaks sound barrier ...

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

A civilian jet plane broke the sound barrier for the first time over continental USA during a historic test flight over the ...

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

Breaking the sound barrier occurs at 761 mph ... But that’s their limit,” Boom said. The Overture supersonic aircraft is being designed to carry 65 to 80 passengers at Mach 1.7 over water ...

The company planning to build the world’s fastest airliner at Piedmont Triad International Airport completed the first supersonic flight of its demonstrator aircraft on Tuesday at the Mojave Air & ...

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

Independently developed jet makes new record, adding to its rigorous series of human-piloted test flights that will prepare ...