During the second supersonic flight of the XB-1 technology demonstrator today, the jet exceeded Mach 1 three times without a ...

About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first ...

A fast-growing aerospace startup lives up to its name and surpasses a lofty milestone in its quest to develop supersonic ...

Boom Supersonic now says Overture can avoid sonic booms, potentially opening up overland flights even at Mach 1 or higher.

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Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg ...

Boom said it completed construction on its Overture Superfactory ... United Airlines and Japan Airlines. The sound barrier was first broken on Oct. 14, 1947, according to the U.S. Air Force.

The XB-1 prototype accelerated smoothly to reach as fast as Mach 1.11 at about 35,000 feet at 11:33 a.m., 11:38 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Mach 1 is equal to the ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet just broke the sound barrier. Achieving Mach 1.112 is a milestone for the aerospace brand, which began operations in 2014.

"We broke the sound barrier not once ... The two argued that advances in composite airframe construction would allow lighter supersonic aircraft that would generate less of a boom than the ...

Legendary pilot Chuck Yeager was the first human to exceed the sound barrier, back in 1947 ... The firm has completed construction on a factory for the new plane in Greensboro, North Carolina.