Previously, the XB-1's top speed was Mach 0.95, or 728 miles per hour, which it reached during its last test flight on ...

The XB-1 demonstrator aircraft is the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde. The XB-1, which has now completed 12 successful test flights since it first took to the air in ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave desert, making it the ...

A jet nicknamed the 'Son of the Concorde' has officially traveled faster than the speed of sound for the first time, paving ...

More than two decades after the last commercial supersonic flight, US start-up’s trial aircraft breaches Mach 1 in California ...

Boom's Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator aircraft is the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde. | ITV ...

Supersonic flights are set to make a comeback with Boom Supersonic's XB-1 and NASA's X-59 preparing for tests. The XB-1 aims ...

The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound, but a landmark moment ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound ...

The aviation industry had a mixed year in 2024, with ‘new normal’ loss conditions persisting for much of the year and marked ...

A crash is considered “survivable” by the National Transportation Safety Board if the forces transmitted to passengers don’t ...