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Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator hits Mach 0.95 on its sixth flight — the closest any private jet has come to breaking the sound barrier since Concorde

A small, dart-shaped aircraft screamed across the Mojave Desert in early 2025 at nearly the speed of sound, and the company that built it says the next step is punching through. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 ...
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Supersonic flight is making a comeback decades after the Concorde. But one big hurdle remains

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Boom XB1 from Boom Supersonic achieved Mach cutoff, making it the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier ...
NextBigFuture

Kratos To Use Hermeus’ Supersonic and Hypersonic Aircraft For MACH-TB

Kratos Defense will utilize the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic ...
Hackaday

Mach Cutoff: Bending The Sonic Boom

Supersonic air travel is great if you want to get somewhere quickly. Indeed, the Concorde could rush you from New York to London in less than three and a half hours, over twice as fast as a ...
NextBigFuture

On Path to Supersonic Hermeus in 2026 and Mach 5 by 2030

Hermeus successfully flew its latest Quarterhorse aircraft, marking the company’s second first flight in less than a year. The flight kicks off a test campaign that will see the unmanned aircraft ...
CNN

Supersonic flight is making a comeback decades after the Concorde. But one big hurdle remains

The skies of Oklahoma City roared for six months in 1964 as military aircraft intentionally rattled the population below with a daily barrage of thunderous sonic booms. It was a controversial test — ...