Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on a test flight over the American desert.

In January 2025, Boom's experimental XB-1 became the first civil supersonic jet made in the United States to break the sound barrier. The test flight took place over the Mojave Desert at the Mojave ...

The jet in question is called XB-1, and it has been all over the news these past two months. That's because, at the end of January, the plane conducted its first-ever flight at speeds above the ...

Late last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator ...

Instead of a plane that is a long tube, Long Beach-based JetZero is developing a wedge-shaped plane called Z4 that is ...

Boom Supersonic took a step toward its passenger jet ambitions Friday by completing the first flight of its demonstrator plane, called XB-1, at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California.

THE “Son of Concorde” boss has revealed how much tickets will cost on a jet so fast that it will land in the US at the same ...

Here’s how it works. A specialized photograph known as a Schlieren image produced during a test flight of Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet on Feb. 10, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/Boom Supersonic) ...

NASA's X-59 jet, dubbed the “son of Concorde,” is one step closer to takeoff after the experimental aircraft taxied at low speed on a California runway using its own power for the first time ...

Supersonic jet mixing and control is an area of considerable importance in both fundamental fluid dynamics and practical engineering applications, ranging from propulsion systems to advanced flow ...