Boom's Supersonic XB-1 jet became the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” to break the sound barrier ...

The XB-1 demonstrator has broken the speed of sound, hitting Mach 1.1. It is the first civil supersonic aircraft in US history and the first to do so since Concorde was retired in 2003. That was an ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 made history on Tuesday by becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. Before ...

The historic event occurred on Tuesday during a test flight from the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Notably, this is the first time a civil supersonic jet made in America has shattered the ...

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A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft ...

The planes didn’t break the sound barrier because it was the air moving them so quickly, not their engines. The report ...

Reports are growing of a weapon that could threaten even the most advanced enemy aircraft, with hypersonic speeds posing ...

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

Supersonic air travel has been reserved for military pilots since Concorde went out of service way back in 2003. That’s been changing this week, though, as a fierce storm sweeping the Atlantic ...