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

The aerospace company put its technology to the test today, breaking the sound barrier and reviving the dream of supersonic ...

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according ...

The single-seat, three-engine jet is the first independently developed plane to exceed Mach 1 in level flight.

American company Boom achieved a milestone Tuesday as its XB-1 aircraft exceeded the speed of sound for the first time during ...

Boom Supersonic flew its XB-1 test jet at about the speed of sound, a major step as the company works toward the daunting job ...

Boom Supersonic (or just "Boom") adopted a systematic approach to testing, taking the XB-1 through subsonic, transonic, and ...

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the Mach 1.7 Overture will keep the US aviation industry ahead of China in the ...

More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work. View on ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde ...

THE XB-1 ‘Son of Concorde’ jet is expected to reach speeds faster than sound for roughly four minutes in an upcoming flight, ...

Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...