which the company says could carry as many as 80 passengers while traveling faster than the speed of sound. The jets would be built in North Carolina. The company has said the engine it's ...

A recent U.S. Geological Survey study projects that rising sea levels and stronger, more intense storms will exacerbate four ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for its first time Tuesday with a test flight in Mojave California. The Associated Press reports it was the same Mojave Desert airspace ...

The aircraft, which climbed to an altitude of 35,290 feet before reaching a top speed of Mach 1.122 (750 miles per hour) also broke the sound barrier, and is considered the first independently ...

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 ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a ...