Breaking the sound barrier in a privately developed civil aircraft is a significant aviation milestone by any measure. But as the champagne corks popped and the engines on Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 ...
NATSEC-TECH THURSDAY — January 30, 2025: Every Thursday’s edition of Threat Status highlights the intersection between ...
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...
NASA is about to conduct the first flight of its X-59 aircraft, designed to redefine supersonic flight.
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft broke the sound barrier on January 28, 2025, reaching a top speed of Mach ...
The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...