During each liftoff and landing, several factors are in play affecting the intensity and duration of each sonic boom.

At the department’s headquarters in downtown Washington, lawyers described the uncertainty that has rippled across the agency. By Devlin Barrett Hamed Aleaziz and Adam Goldman Reporting from ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently ... have to slow down over land to limit damage from forceful sonic booms, which can rattle buildings on land.

Boom Supersonic is an American startup company based in Colorado. Its XB-1 is a one-third-scale demonstrator of a 64-passenger supersonic airliner—dubbed "Overture"—that Boom wants to ...

The XB-1 supersonic aircraft demonstrator of Boom Supersonic flew for the first time at supersonic speed on Jan. 28, 2025 from the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California. The milestone ...

It took off with a bang. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Monday as the American company seeks to deliver the world’s faster airliner capable of ...

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On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier three times and achieved a top speed of Mach 1.1. On its 12th test flight, the Boom XB-1 prototype broke the sound barrier ...