In a recent news release about NASA's research into supersonic commercial travel, the agency said that the passenger jet would theoretically travel between speeds of Mach 2 and Mach 4 — between ...

Credit: Boom Supersonic/Cover Images The return of supersonic civil aviation took a major step forward this month as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft completed its second test flight ...

Supersonic business jets (SSBJ) A number of companies worldwide have been working on the design and development of supersonic business jets (SSBJ). These jets are intended to transport 5-10 ...

"During its historic first supersonic flight on January 28, 2025, Boom’s demonstrator aircraft, XB-1, broke the sound barrier three times without generating a sonic boom that reached the ground ...

Meanwhile, Colorado-based Boom Supersonic has been completing ground testing on X-B1, the prototype aircraft for its Overture jet, designed to seat between 65 and 88 people, which aims to fly on ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Monday as the latest test flight indicated the aircraft hit 844 mph out of California’s Mojave Air and Space Port.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tuesday morning in California's Mojave Desert, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 — the world's first independently developed supersonic jet — broke the sound barrier during a test ...

Boom Supersonic's jet-building facility opens Monday at the Piedmont Triad Airport in Greensboro. Posted 6:27 a.m. Jun 17, 2024 - Updated 10:09 a.m. Jun 17, 2024 ...

Just six years later, Yeager reached beyond Mach 2 (1650 mph or 2655.4 kmph) in another flight, in a modified version of the history-making craft he flew in 1947.