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Supersonic speeds shatter 70-year physics law and could revolutionize armor

Supersonic experiments are forcing physicists to rewrite a rule of thumb that has guided metal design for roughly 70 years, ...
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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet looks ready for some serious speed in new photos. Lockheed Martin has been building the X-59 for NASA, as part of a project to develop a "quiet" supersonic aircraft that can ...
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Boom: Is This the Resurrection of Supersonic Travel?

Boom Supersonic aims to reintroduce supersonic passenger travel with its Overture airliner, having successfully demonstrated "boomless cruise" capabilities with its XB-1 prototype. The company ...
The Aviationist

Boom’s XB-1 Demonstrator Achieves Supersonic Flight

Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate technologies to pave the way for the return of supersonic airliners. The XB-1 ...
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Boom Supersonic seeks to maintain momentum as engine development continues

Boom Supersonic rolls into this year’s Farnborough show one-and-a-half years after embarking on an in-house project to develop an engine for its conceptual supersonic airliner Overture. Taking the ...
MIT Technology Review

Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.

Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for. Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week, marking an ...