American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

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 ...

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during three test runs, a step toward the possible return of ...

Lockheed Martin has been building the X-59 for NASA, as part of a project to develop a "quiet" supersonic aircraft that can break the sound barrier without producing the thunderous sonic booms ...

The aerospace company put its technology to the test today, breaking the sound barrier and reviving the dream of supersonic ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

Colorado-based Boom Supersonic plans to build the Overture airliner, which it says will carry as many as 80 passengers while ...

Boom says there are more than 600 transoceanic routes on which Overture could provide a supersonic solution without changing current regulations relating to sonic booms. “Overture was created to ...

Sonic booms effectively killed the elegant Concorde supersonic airliner in the 1970s. The fleet-footed aircraft could reach 1,354 miles per hour (or Mach 2), enough speed to rocket it from Paris ...

Boom Supersonic has gone ... at Mach 0.94, without causing a sonic boom. "It has been a privilege and a highlight of my career to be a part of the team that achieved this milestone – every ...