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 ...

See Boom Supersonic's "refined" design of the Overture aircraft in this animated explainer. Credit: Boom Supersonic ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.

MOJAVE, California—High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 made history on Tuesday by becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. Before ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A fire at one of the world’s largest battery plants in Northern California contained tens of thousands of lithium batteries that store power from renewable energy and have ...

But the future of the nuclear energy sector will look a bit different than its last boom time, from technological advances to the makeup of its biggest backers. In Russia and Asia, nuclear ...

An artist’s impression of Boom Supersonic’s Overture aircraft. Source: Boom Supersonic The company has now completed 11 test flights, and it is incrementally working toward supersonic speed.

Among those who have not benefited from the boom, the team found, are children from low-income families, Black children and adolescents, and adults with “serious psychological distress.” ...

BOCA CHICA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX has its sights set on Thursday for the liftoff of its seventh Starship rocket and this time it is advising that a sonic boom may accompany it.

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 ...

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