On a clear morning over the Mojave Desert in January 2025, a dart-shaped jet called XB-1 punched through Mach 1 and kept ...
It’s been over a decade since engineers officially got to work on the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST). Designed in collaboration with NASA, Lockheed Martin’s state-o ...
Colorado aerospace company Boom Supersonic flew its XB-1 demonstrator for the first time on Friday. Nicknamed the "baby boom," the jet tests technologies for Boom's future Mach 1.7 Overture airliner.
NASA engineers have pushed experimental Mars helicopter rotors past the speed of sound, a breakthrough that could eventually ...
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If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground ...
Boom Supersonic announced new tier 1 suppliers—Leonardo, Aernnova, and Aciturri—who will develop key composite airframe components for its Overture supersonic jet, optimized for Mach 1.75 flight.
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Ever since the Concorde retired in 2003 after only 27 years of flying, supersonic commercial flights have seemingly been a pipe dream, but new developments in science in technology ...
The space agency released a video of its experimental aircraft performing a series of maneuvers as it soared over California’s Mojave desert. The X-59, built by aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin, ...
There's no shortage of ambition in commercial aviation - we wouldn't have heavier-than-air flight without dreamers, after all - but Boom Supersonic is in its own category when it comes to setting the ...