3 天之前 · Turbofan engine purpose-built by Boom and optimized for supersonic flight. The first American supersonic airliner factory, located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Boom is building the end-to-end value chain to bring commercial supersonic travel to the world. The latest news, updates, and interviews . directly from Boom.

3 天之前 · XB-1’s engine intakes slow supersonic air to subsonic speeds, efficiently converting kinetic energy into pressure energy, allowing conventional jet engines to power XB-1 from takeoff through supersonic flight.

2 天之前 · Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, on Tuesday.

2 天之前 · 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 ...

2 天之前 · The aerospace company Boom Supersonic will fly its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft this morning with a singular goal: breaking the sound barrier, in a demonstration of supersonic flight that the ...

2 天之前 · Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave Desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup ...

2 天之前 · Denver-based Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane, with Chief Test Pilot Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg at the controls, hit Mach 1.122, or 750 mph, at an altitude of about 35,000 feet ...

3 天之前 · Boom Supersonic's XB-1 has successfully broken the sound barrier, becoming the first supersonic civil aircraft in U.S. history. Today (Jan. 28), the XB-1 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in ...

On January 28, 2025, the XB-1 performed its first supersonic test flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport, piloted by chief test pilot Tristan Brandenburg. It went supersonic three times, reaching a top speed of Mach 1.13. On the second supersonic run, the aircraft aborted its supersonic tests.

American Airlines made a deposit on up to 20 aircraft, with an option for 40 more, in August 2022. With this order, American is poised to have the world’s largest supersonic fleet. In June 2021, United became the first U.S. airline to sign an aircraft purchase agreement with Boom Supersonic.