XB-1 aircraft breaks sound barrier for first time
And finally, the XB-1 has gone supersonic. Boom Supersonic’s three-engine test aircraft broke the sound barrier in a…
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XB-1 Demonstration Aircraft Surpasses Mach 0.6 on Its 4th Flight
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft reached Mach 0.617 on its fourth flight, on September 21. The milestone occurred…
XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator Completes Second Test Flight
Boom Supersonic completed the second flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft on Monday, May 26. The three-engine fighter…
Building where Boom’s supersonic commercial aircraft factory will be located is completed
Boom Supersonic, company that aims to relaunch commercial supersonic flights in air travel, announced the completion of the…
Boom Supersonic has the green light to fly above Mach 1 with the XB-1
Boom Supersonic, a startup that intends to put a new supersonic commercial jet into service, obtained a Special…
After three years of delay, XB-1 supersonic demonstrator performs first flight
After several delays and long ground tests, Boom Supersonic finally completed the first flight of the XB-1, a…
Boom in preparations for maiden flight of XB-1 supersonic demonstrator
Boom Supersonic, the US company that develops the “successor” to the Concorde, announced today that it has completed…
Virgin Atlantic would have lost some interest in the supersonic Boom Overture
Boom Supersonic, a US start-up developing the first supersonic passenger jet since Concorde, has faced enormous challenges in…
Boom will have a bespoke engine for the Overture supersonic airliner
Boom Supersonic delivered on its promise and announced the Overture supersonic airliner propulsion solution, which aims to provide…
Boom Supersonic strikes deal with tooling supplier to manufacture Overture jet
Boom Supersonic, US startup that develops the Overture supersonic passenger plane, announced an agreement with Advanced Integration Technology…
Rolls-Royce will no longer supply engines for Boom’s Overture supersonic jet
The Overture project, from startup Boom Supersonic, suffered a hard blow this Wednesday after the confirmation of the…
American Airlines orders 20 Overture supersonic jets from Boom
The largest airline in the world, American Airlines also wants to be one of the fastest in the…
Boom changes design of Overture supersonic passenger jet
Boom Supersonic has revealed drastic changes to its Overture project, a commercial jet for up to 80 passengers…
Overture supersonic airliner to be manufactured in North Carolina
Boom Supersonic has chosen Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the location for its “Superfactory”…
XB-1 supersonic demonstrator performs engine running tests
Boom Supersonic this week released images and information about the engine firing tests of the XB-1, a demonstrator…
US Air Force to invest $60 million in Boom’s supersonic Overture
Boom Supersonic announced a strategic partnership with the US Air Force that will provide $60 million for the…
United Airlines signs agreement to purchase up to 50 Overture supersonic jets
Boom and United Airlines on Thursday announced an agreement to purchase 15 Overture supersonic jets and an option…
New supersonic XB-1 and X-59 airplanes have noise as the biggest challenge
Fifty years ago, the Concorde and its Russian rival Tu-144 pioneered supersonic passenger flight, but ended up succumbing…
Boom enters the race for the supersonic Air Force One
Boom Supersonic announced on Tuesday that it had been awarded a contract to participate in the U.S. Air…
Boom shows progress with its supersonic civilian plane project
In a small, discreet hangar at Centennial Airport, on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, a possible revolution in…