Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

Tuesday morning at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, almost 80 years after U.S. Air Force ace Chuck Yeager first ...

Boom Supersonic has announced the first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in ...

The XB-1 prototype accelerated smoothly to reach as fast as Mach 1.11 at about 35,000 feet at 11:33 a.m., 11:38 a.m. and ...

See Boom Supersonic's "refined" design of the Overture aircraft in this animated explainer. Credit: Boom Supersonic ...

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

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. 28, 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.