Boomless Cruise is based on physics known as the Mach cutoff, in which a sonic boom refracts in the atmosphere and never ...

Boom hopes its breakthrough will allow supersonic flights over land, making US coast-to-coast flights 90 minutes faster.

In January, the aircraft successfully broke the sound barrier for the first time, reaching speeds exceeding Mach 1 at an ...

Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...

The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...

Breaking the sound barrier in a privately developed civil aircraft is a significant aviation milestone by any measure. But as the champagne corks popped and the engines on Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

Similar to a thunderstorm, sound waves move faster in warm air than in cooler ... with emissions that have long-lasting effects. For its part, Boom claims its plane’s propulsion system is designed to ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft soared past the speed of sound in a test flight on Tuesday—the first time a plane has accomplished that feat without the fuels of government ...

Boom is convinced it can overcome the barriers that grounded the Concorde and make supersonic travel affordable and greener.

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

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