The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according ...
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde ...
Boom's Overture commercial airliners would be built at the Greensboro Superfactory.
Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.
If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if history doesn’t repeat itself.
Flight experts say in ideal conditions, a sonic boom can be heard up to 30 miles away from the source. It’s not clear where the sonic boom created by the X-1 will be heard, but the test flight ...