A small, dart-shaped aircraft screamed across the Mojave Desert in early 2025 at nearly the speed of sound, and the company that built it says the next step is punching through. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 ...
Ever since the ahead-of-its-time Concorde jet was retired in 2003, aviation enthusiasts have eagerly awaited the return of a passenger aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier. That dream is now ...
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Boom Supersonic took a step toward its passenger jet ambitions Friday by completing the first flight of its demonstrator plane, called XB-1, at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. The company ...