American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

Imagine a bomber so fast it could outrun any fighter jet, soaring at Mach 3 speeds across continents. The XB-70 Valkyrie was this dream made real, pushing engineering to new heights. But its path was ...

Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic's ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during three test runs, a step toward the possible return of ...

The Colorado-based company is aiming to build a Concorde-like supersonic aircraft—but has hurdles to clear before realizing ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet just broke the sound barrier. Achieving Mach 1.112 is a milestone for the aerospace brand, which ...

The XB-1 is a demonstrator for the future Boom Overture, which aims to be the first supersonic passenger aircraft made in the ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, bringing ...

This 34-minute flight, the culmination of 11 previous subsonic ones, took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California.

Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate ...

A fast-growing aerospace startup lives up to its name and surpasses a lofty milestone in its quest to develop supersonic ...

The flight was filmed and monitored by two different chase planes, a Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet, and a Northrop T-38 Talon, the same aircraft NASA uses to train its astronauts. The XB-1 landed ...