Baumgartner’s goal was to be the first human to break the sound barrier outside of an aircraft. To conquer the challenge, he ...

Boom Supersonic announced Greensboro's Piedmont Triad International Airport would be the home for its first full-scale ...

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

Breaking the sound barrier occurs at 761 mph. The manufacturer reached a key milestone June 17 with the construction completion of its $500 million “superfactory” at Piedmont Triad ...

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 ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded U.S. jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during ...

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 week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach ...

There is a lot of R&D talent in India if we get rid of the English barrier and the social stigma of not knowing English well." He also said that the Chinese are a major source of inspiration for him.

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 ...