Boom Technology began ground testing of the aircraft in December 2022. Following a comprehensive taxi test campaign, the ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

Supersonic aviation pioneers at Boom have assisted the FAA and other regulators around the world in creating new ...

On March 2, 1969, the Concorde took flight for the first time, ushering in a new era of supersonic travel. A marvel of engineering, this iconic airliner could cruise at Mach 2.04, cutting ...

But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the ...

With increasing scrutiny on the environmental consequences of flying, it is important to consider the effect of supersonic ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...

New photograph captures breathtaking sight of history-making Boom Supersonic's XB-1 passenger plane as it hits supersonic ...

It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew ... than 21 years since commercial supersonic travel ended with the Anglo-French airliner’s final flight in November ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic capture a stunning image of the XB-1 aircraft breaking the sound barrier using the Sun as a backdrop ...

Of all the factors that killed off Concorde more than two decades ago, it was the jet’s thunderclap-loud sonic boom that ...