As Boom Supersonic’s CEO Blake Scholl shared on X, XB-1 did have some “GPS and radio issues.” Boom Supersonic's safety culture is fundamental to the organization, and no corners will be cut.

Flown by Boom Chief Test Pilot and former U.S. Navy aviator Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, the XB-1 entered the supersonic corridor over the Mojave Desert and reached an altitude of 35,290 ...

The supersonic flight comes eight years after Boom first revealed the XB-1. It’s a small, roughly one-third scale version of the 64-passenger airliner Boom eventually wants to build, which it ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

XB-1 achieved Mach 0.95 during its most-recent test flight on Jan. 10, according to Boom Supersonic. Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl poses by a model of the XB-1 on July 23, 2024 in Farnborough ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic released an incredible photo capturing the shock waves of the supersonic XB-1 aircraft while it traveled in front of the sun during a Feb. 10 test flight.

Boom Supersonic’s work on the XB-1 runs parallel to NASA’s development of the X-59 supersonic aircraft, which won a Gizmodo Science Fair award this year. At 99.7 feet (30.39 meters) long with ...

Boom Supersonic has an impressive new speed record in its latest test flight with its XB-1.With its vision set to revolutionize air travel, this is a huge step to make things happen.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft goes supersonic during a test flight on Jan. 28, 2025. (Image credit: Boom Supersonic via X) "I'm just to-the-moon excited about how well that went," Krauland said ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 made history on Tuesday by becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. Why It Matters. Before Tuesday, no civil private manufacturer had passed the sound ...

Boom Technology’s XB-1 test plane. On January 28, 2025, it became the first commercial-type aircraft to fly supersonic since the Concorde in 2003. Today, for the first time since Concorde was ...