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

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

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated drag, will still exist. So, a single supersonic aircraft will still produce ...

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

Overture will be the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet and the first civil supersonic jet made in America.

When Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke the sound barrier last month, it achieved commercial supersonic flight for the first time ...

There is every indication that supersonic planes are on their way back, more than two decades after Concorde last took to the ...

Boeing CEO Robert Kelly Ortberg responds . In remarks to the Barclay’s Conference on February 20, Boeing CEO Robert Kelly Ortberg shared these abridged thoughts on recent develo ...

See Boom Supersonic's "refined" design of the Overture aircraft in this animated explainer. Credit: Boom Supersonic ...

Ever miss the days of Concorde? Well, I've been tracking Nasa's X-59 "quiet supersonic" aircraft, but the Boom XB-1 is new to me... The company has highlighted it as the first civil supersonic jet to ...

One of the many ongoing missions of the US government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to make ...