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China has gone up against the US in an aerospace race as its state-owned aircraft manufacturer unveils blueprints for a new supersonic jet that can fly further and more quietly than Concorde.

One company leading this charge is Boom Supersonic. At the end of January, Colorado-based Boom successfully flew its test plane, the XB-1, at the speed of Mach 1.1 (or 1.1 times the speed of sound).

America currently remains ahead of China when it comes to airplanes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, according to Boom Supersonic ... t invented a new plane in more than 20 years.