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.

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave ...

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, ...

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

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A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to ...

Mass Effect 5 is officially in the works from BioWare. First revealed back in 2020 with a brief teaser that sparked excitement among fans of the beloved sci-fi RPG, it's been some time since we've ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 testing aircraft at the Mojava Air and Space Port in California.

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