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The XB-1 "Baby Boom" has taken its first steps toward reviving supersonic commercial flight. As a scaled-down prototype, it’s designed to test the tech that will power the full-sized Boom ...

The XB-1’s Mach 1.122 (860.87 mph) flight became a milestone in aviation history, partly because it was the first civilian supersonic jet built in the U.S., but mostly because the aircraft was ...

The Colorado startup has committed to opening its first manufacturing plant at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro.

And Boom says its test jet, the XB-1, has flown supersonic six times this year without creating an audible sonic boom.

“Data collected during XB-1’s multiple supersonic runs allowed Boom to validate sonic boom models and improve the algorithms that predict operating in Mach cut-off,” says the company.

“Since Boom announced Boomless Cruise following XB-1’s successful supersonic test flights in January and February, Boom has been engaged with Congress and the White House to advance policy to ...

Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl wrote on X, noting that in January, his company’s XB-1 aircraft became the first privately developed supersonic jet to break the sound barrier.

The startup proved the phenomenon on its XB-1, a one-third-scale demonstrator. While "Boomless Cruise" would wet the mouth of any airline executive, Boom has yet to even build an Overture to prove ...