The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...

The aircraft catching the most interest is the Overture, a commercial style plane designed to carry up to 80 passengers with a range of 7,800km. Overture has the potential to revolutionise air travel ...

Captain Mike Bannister, who flew more Concorde hours than any other pilot, is hopeful about the future of the Boom Supersonic ...

Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...

American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

Boom already has preorders for 130 Overture aircraft, including from American Airlines, Japan Airlines and United Airlines. Boyd said the mix of high-paying suppliers to Boom will be global in ...

A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...

United Airlines aims to bring ... climate-changing emissions — than the Concorde. Boom is working to develop an 88-seat plane it calls Overture, which it says will be the first supersonic ...

Chris James receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Commonwealth Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), and the US Office of Naval Research. Late last week, American ...