American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

This week, a sleek white jet became the first privately built aircraft to fly faster than sound, soaring high above the Mojave Desert as a crowd watched in excitement ...

Credit: Boom Supersonic/Cover Images Commercial aircraft will soon be ready to break the sound barrier again as Boom ...

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...

The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 within about 11 minutes of taking off, according to Boom Supersonic and live video ...

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

Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...

Boom, the American company building what promises to be the world's fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first ...

By achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger ...

XB-1 is Boom's technology demonstrator aircraft and the world's first independently developed supersonic jet. The aircraft ...

A supersonic passenger jet dubbed the ‘New Concorde’ travelled faster than the speed of sound for the first time during a ...

Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on a test flight over the American desert.