Boom Technology began ground testing of the aircraft in December 2022. Following a comprehensive taxi test campaign, the ...

Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift and control at low speeds. Also, in contrast to the Concorde, its engines ...

And then his next role? Founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, a company dedicated to bringing Concorde-like travel back to the ...

With increasing scrutiny on the environmental consequences of flying, it is important to consider the effect of supersonic ...

Boom Supersonic is testing the XB-1 with the hopes of building ... which meant it could capture the changing air density around the aircraft when it was flying at supersonic speeds. CONCORDE was the ...

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil ...

As the Boom Overture is planned to maintain a Mach 2.2 speed — similar to the cruising speed of Concorde — it will be able to travel from New York to London in approximately three hours.

The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a "Son of Concorde" – is America's first civil supersonic jet. To hit supersonic speeds, an airplane needs to travel at 768 miles per hour. Boom Supersonic is ...

more than two decades after Concorde last took to the skies. How will this affect the aviation industry’s ability to meet its ambitious net zero by 2050 target? Boom Supersonic's Overture Aircraft.

But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the ...

Of all the factors that killed off Concorde more than two decades ago, it was the jet’s thunderclap-loud sonic boom that ...