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The unofficial successor to Concorde is one step closer to reality after Boom Supersonic marked the 11th successful test flight of its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. On Jan. 10, the XB-1 ...

Boom Supersonic’s 2025 test flights were “of particular interest” to league executives, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The ...

Boom Supersonic might have snatched aviation's holy grail after announcing on Monday that its XB-1 test plane had completed its maiden supersonic flight two weeks ago without producing a sonic boom ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10). The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air & ...

The aerospace company is on the verge of achieving its goal of reaching supersonic flight by the end of the year. Reading time 2 minutes Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft completed its eighth ...

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...

(CNN) — Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft. It’s now the first piloted non-military aircraft to break the ...