I visited Boom Supersonic HQ to see their latest development on the supersonic airplane. I met with the Boom Supersonic ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 pathfinder vehicle went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10), breaking the sound barrier three times on its 13th and final test flight.

Prior to 2003 a transatlantic trip from new york to london could be done in as little as 3 hours, compaired to today's fight ...

Boom Supersonic plans to build the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, and this week announced a breakthrough in the development process. The post Boom Supersonic announces breakthrough in travel at ...

The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over ...

Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...

When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...

NASA has completed the engine ground tests on its supersonic jet, which is expected to take to skies later this year. The ...

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