Ever since the Concorde stopped flying, aviation buffs have dreamed of a civilian supersonic plane. Now there's been a ...

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

MOJAVE, California—High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture ...

Boom, the American company ... broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California. The company’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft’s supersonic flight is the first ...

On its 12th test flight ... for approximately four minutes. Today’s flight is not only the first time Boom’s demonstrator aircraft broke the speed of sound but also the first time a civil ...

Since March 2024, Boom has carried out 11 test ... Tomorrow's flight of the 68-ft-long (21-m) XB-1 prototype will be conducted in a special air corridor reserved for supersonic aircraft.

Boom Supersonic ... making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup’s plane notched the historic achievement in its 12th test flight. It cleared Mach ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft has broken the sound barrier in a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert in the southwestern US. The XB-1 demonstrator completed its first supersonic flight on ...