The XB-1 "Baby Boom" has taken its first steps toward reviving supersonic commercial flight. As a scaled-down prototype, it’s designed to test the tech that will power the full-sized Boom Overture, a ...

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Boom offers you to tune in today, 10 February, at 10.30 pm PST/1.30 pm EST to watch the livestream of XB-1’s second supersonic flight. ... Boom invites people to access their review of the flight and ...

The XB-1’s Mach 1.122 (860.87 mph) flight became a milestone in aviation history, partly because it was the first civilian supersonic jet built in the U.S., but mostly because the aircraft was ...

The Colorado startup has committed to opening its first manufacturing plant at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro.

In January, Colorado-based Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstration aircraft. The XB-1 is the first American-made civilian jet to travel faster than the speed of sound.

And Boom says its test jet, the XB-1, has flown supersonic six times this year without creating an audible sonic boom.

The move could help accelerate commercial supersonic flight development, including efforts by Boom Supersonic. In January, Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator became the first privately developed civil ...

As Boom Supersonic steps up preparations for production of its $500 million Overture supersonic aircraft at Piedmont Triad International Airport, it is working through some financial and workforce ...

“Since Boom announced Boomless Cruise following XB-1’s successful supersonic test flights in January and February, Boom has been engaged with Congress and the White House to advance policy to ...

Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl wrote on X, noting that in January, his company’s XB-1 aircraft became the first privately developed supersonic jet to break the sound barrier.