Credit: Boom Supersonic/Cover Images Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom ...

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in ...

Scholl said Overture will be more economical than Concorde, which last flew in 2003, thanks to its 20% more aerodynamic design, lighter carbon-fiber airframe, and 20% more fuel-efficient engines.

Boom Supersonic revealed the successful first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Boom designed, built, and flew the independently ...

Tuesday’s XB-1 flight marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde’s retirement more than 20 years ...

“Aerodynamics, materials, propulsion: Those are the big three areas where we’ve made huge progress versus Concorde.” Back in the 1960s, Concorde was developed in wind tunnels, which meant building ...

Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world's fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California.

“Aerodynamics, materials, propulsion: Those are the big three areas where we’ve made huge progress versus Concorde.” Back in the 1960s, Concorde was developed in wind tunnels, which meant ...

Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate ...

“Aerodynamics, materials, propulsion: Those are the big three areas where we’ve made huge progress versus Concorde.” Back in the 1960s, Concorde was developed in wind tunnels, which meant building ...