Imagine a bomber so fast it could outrun any fighter jet, soaring at Mach 3 speeds across continents. The XB-70 Valkyrie was this dream made real, pushing engineering to new heights. But its path was ...

Summary: Despite the XB-70’s cancellation, the Soviets pursued the T-4 bomber to potentially match or exceed its capabilities, aiming for Mach 3 speeds, an 80,000 feet service ceiling, and a ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: A couple T-4 variants were proposed, but the Soviet government didn’t bite. In 1963, the Department of Defense canceled procurement of the XB-70 Valkyrie, a ...

Boom will now shift its attentions toward developing Overture, its supersonic passenger jet.

When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – ...

Boom’s XB-1 supersonic demonstrator flew for the 13 th and final time at Mojave Air & Space Port, California, on Feb. 10, ...

Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic's ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde after acing its 11th test and reaching 0.95 Mach at low altitudes.

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...

Independently developed jet makes new record, adding to its rigorous series of human-piloted test flights that will prepare ...

As a part of the Overture's development process, Boom Technology has developed another aircraft called the Boom XB-1. A compact version of the full-fledged passenger plane, the Boom XB-1 is ...