A supersonic jet built by Boom Technology broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday, advancing its bid to resurrect ...

Boom Supersonic achieved Tuesday its goal of breaking the sound barrier on its first attempt with the XB-1 prototype of its Overture aircraft ... “Our models and our data indicated it ...

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

Boom’s plan is that Overture will be in operation before the ... which meant building costly physical models, running tests, then repeating. “You just can’t test very many designs, when ...

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.

Boom Supersonic chief test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandonburg flew the jet. The company has described the XB-1 as the "first American civil supersonic jet" and the "foundation" for Overture ...

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 ...

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 ...