The Colorado-based company is aiming to build a Concorde-like supersonic aircraft—but has hurdles to clear before realizing ...

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 ...

The first supersonic flight of a U.S.-designed civil aircraft attracted a large crowd. Boom Aerospace The Overture is a much larger, more complicated commercial aircraft, designed to fly at Mach 1 ...

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

American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

Here’s how it works. Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time. Boom Supersonic's chief test pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg ...

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 ...

While based in Colorado and testing in California, the jet startup’s future is intertwined with North Carolina.

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ever on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of supersonic flight. The jet exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave ...