The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...

After Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator went Mach 1, RGN interviewed Mike Bannister, who served as the Chief Pilot of BA's ...

A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...

Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft, the XB-1, has made its first supersonic flight. The XB-1 achieved the milestone on ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert and a crowd of ...

Boom Supersonic XB-1 flew over Mach One on Jan. 28, on the latest test flight at Mojave Air & Space Port, at Rutan Field. Chase planes were a Northrop T-38 and Dassault Mirage F1, a French fighter.

XB-1’s supersonic flight will be between 30 ... spent 2024 preparing its prototype aircraft to break the sound barrier. Boom entered 2025 with $100 million in new financial backing in place.