Boom Supersonic says its XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic flight without an audible sonic boom on the ground below. CEO Blake Scholl hopes supersonic passenger flight will eventually be allowed in ...

Prior to 2003 a transatlantic trip from new york to london could be done in as little as 3 hours, compaired to today's fight ...

Boom Supersonic plans to build the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, and this week announced a breakthrough in the development process. The post Boom Supersonic announces breakthrough in travel at ...

Both times, the XB-1 was able to show off a phenomenon Boom is calling the "Boomless Cruise," which enables supersonic travel over land without an audible sonic boom. In total, XB-1 broke the ...

When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated drag, will still exist. So, a single supersonic aircraft will still produce ...

NASA says the X59 supersonic jet will produce a sonic thump instead of a sonic boom, which might help lower it's noise.