Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just ... “I’m glad there are weapons startups; they should definitely exist,” Scholl said. “But if you’re building, you know, effectively ...

About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first ...

The XB-1 supersonic aircraft demonstrator of Boom Supersonic flew for the first time at supersonic speed on Jan. 28, 2025 from the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California. The milestone ...

Tuesday morning at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, almost 80 years after U.S. Air Force ace Chuck Yeager first eclipsed the sound barrier in a Bell X-1, an independently built jet reached ...

Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier on Tuesday, an accomplishment that will send figurative shockwaves to the Piedmont ...

“XB-1’s supersonic flight demonstrates that the technology for passenger supersonic flight has arrived,” said Boom’s founder Blake Scholl. “A small band of talented and dedicated ...

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 ...

Chris James receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Commonwealth Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), and the US Office of Naval Research. Late last week, American ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during a test flight in California. The company conducted its 12th test flight of the demonstrator aircraft, pushing the limits as it was ...

Ten months after its long-delayed first subsonic flight took place last March, Boom Supersonic’s prototype test plane, the XB-1, broke the sound barrier today three times during its 12th flight.

Boom Supersonic makes aviation history as XB-1 breaks the sound barrier. XB-1 is the first civil supersonic jet made in America. Photo: Boom Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft just broke the ...