A complex process. Overture is designed to carry between 64 and 80 passengers, at a speed of Mach 1.7 and an altitude of 60,000 feet. That's twice the speed and 50% more altitude than leading ...

Boom will produce the aircraft at the Overture Superfactory in Greensboro, North Carolina. The facility will have the capacity to produce 66 airframes annually. "XB-1 was the proof that we can do ...

Boom has secured 130 Overture orders from carriers like American Airlines and United Airlines, and Scholl said they'd boast a better cabin than what British Airways and Air France fit on the Concorde.

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil supersonic jet, completed its second supersonic flight.

Boom Supersonic wants to bring Mach 1.7 air travel to the masses by the 2030s. ... “Supersonic travel, in my view, ... Boom plans to introduce Overture to commercial service by 2029, ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

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. When ...

Boom aims to fly Overture in 2026 ahead of a planned 2029 commercial rollout with airlines worldwide. A supersonic demonstrator aircraft, the XB-1, completed its maiden voyage in March.

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 ...

Boom Supersonic is expected to break the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator next week. The private test plane is a one-third-scale presentation of the startup’s planned Overture airliner.

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, on Tuesday.