It’s been two decades since a passenger jet broke the sound barrier — until now. The Boom XB-1 just went supersonic, marking a massive leap forward for commercial aviation.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 pathfinder vehicle went out in style Monday (Feb. 10), breaking the sound barrier three times on its 13th and final test flight.

On February 10, in the skies above the Mojave Desert, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 test jet roared past Mach 1, tearing through the sound barrier. But this time, there was no need to take it on faith.

Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development — for the first time ever, they could be allowed to do it over American soil.

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, bringing supersonic passenger planes (back) closer to reality. Reaching over 35,000 ...

Software then calculates how each spot moved and reconstructs the shockwave into a Schlieren image." The result is a neat visualization of the jet breaking the sound barrier. XB-1 jet going ...

Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. Using Schlieren photography, they captured air distortions that are usually ...

Having successfully demonstrated supersonic flight with no associated boom at ground level, Boom Supersonic is continuing to develop a commercial sound-barrier-breaking aircraft, dubbed Overture ...

The company is also developing a custom Overture for the U.S. Air Force. Boom said it could begin passenger flights in 2029. Read more on FOX Weather. Air and Space News ...