Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier ... the Atlantic in just about 3 1/2 hours. Boom said it completed ...

A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier ...

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 ...

Editor's note: Boom Supersonic successfully broke the sound barrier with the XB-1 today in a major milestone. Read our coverage here. Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test ...

But that is still just a business plan that many aviation experts believe is unrealistic, citing the fact that the company was forced to build its own supersonic engines after major aviation ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week ... The company has said the engine it's developing for the Overture ...

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert and a crowd of ...

Boom Supersonic achieved Tuesday its goal of breaking the sound barrier on its first attempt ... so Mach 1.1 is 10% faster, Mach 1.2 is 20% faster and Mach 1.3 is 30% faster, and so on.

High above a barren California desert on Tuesday, a privately developed aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first ... 1.7 and a maximum speed of Mach 2.2. It is intended to have a maximum ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde after acing its 11th test and reaching 0.95 Mach at low altitudes.

The Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft breaks the sound barrier, Mach 1, during a test flight Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, over the Mohave Desert, Calif. (Boom Supersonic via AP) (Uncredited) A sleek ...