American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

The single-seat jet, a 201-foot-long test model by Boom Supersonic, hit 844 mph just 12 minutes into its latest test flight ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.

The Concorde passenger jet never really took off, ceasing operation after just a couple of decades due to high operating ...

SON of Concorde' XB-1 jet is "on track ... and vice versa." At supersonic speeds, the XB-1 jet could feasibly fly passengers from London to New York City in just 3.5 hours. The flight currently ...

For efficiency reasons, most passenger jets cruise slightly slower ... There was the little-known Russian Tupolev-144 and Concorde, a Franco-British supersonic airliner operated by British Airways ...

"We're ready to scale up. We're ready to build the passenger supersonic jet that will pick up where Concorde left off and ...

invigorating the company’s ambition to design a supersonic passenger plane capable of reaching Mach 1.7, or 1,304 mph. The XB-1 has been dubbed the “Son of Concorde,” referencing the ...