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

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947.

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for its first time Tuesday with a test flight in Mojave California. The Associated Press reports it was the same Mojave Desert airspace ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded U.S. jet to break the sound barrier this week ... like a boat creates a wake in water,” according to NASA.

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 ...

The aircraft, which climbed to an altitude of 35,290 feet before reaching a top speed of Mach 1.122 (750 miles per hour) also broke the sound barrier, and is considered the first independently ...

Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the… An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded U.S. jet to break the sound barrier this ... creates a wake in water,” according ...

A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The flight of the XB-1 demonstrator aircraft by ...

Might it also be possible, then, to use acoustic waves to disrupt the electromechanical sensors that drones require to fly?

Both aircraft fell into the river, and investigators said several victims have been recovered from the water. Tom Kinton, an aviation expert and former head of Massport, described the unique ...