NASA and Boom Supersonic have unveiled a photo of the XB-1 airplane, which has broken the sound barrier three times. This ...

The A-HyM Hypersonic Air Master is a 170-passenger airliner concept designed to fly at over 5,600 mph and could cut the ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 has successfully broken the sound barrier, becoming the first supersonic civil aircraft in U.S. history. Today (Jan. 28), the XB-1 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in ...

During the XB-1's historic flight on Tuesday—its 12th test flight overall—the aircraft stayed supersonic for around four minutes before breaking the sound barrier two more times during the ...

The sound barrier was first broken on Oct. 14, 1947, according to the U.S. Air Force. That's when Capt. Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft broke the sound barrier.

A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...

The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a prototype aircraft that many tout as ... developed supersonic jet” will break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor and the ...

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground ...

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 ... the shock waves around Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft XB-1 as it pushed through the air.

XB-1 pushed what was once called the Sound Barrier. According to Boom, this was a key milestone in the test program because this dynamic pressure has a serious effect on aircraft performances and ...

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier two additional times during its ... the company has raised over $700 million and has sold 15 supersonic aircraft to United Airlines (with the option to buy 35 ...

If not, the next XB-1 flight will finally see Boom's demonstrator aircraft go supersonic. So while XB-1 didn't break the Sound Barrier, it came very close, and parts of the aircraft were subjected ...