In reality, modern supersonic aircraft are designed to handle well at high speeds. Tristan Brandenburg told Boom, "In preparation for flying XB-1, I flew the F-104 with Starfighters International ...

It is the next step in aviation." Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl poses with a model of the XB-1, the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet aircraft, during the ...

Brandenburg is the chief test pilot of Boom Supersonic. And the “she” he’s referring to is the XB-1, a long, thin dart designed to cut through the air in the most efficient way possible.

NASA first visually captured supersonic shock waves in 2019 after a decade of research. The technology was developed in part to aid the space agency in testing its own supersonic aircraft, X-59.

The Chinese airframer has a way to go in designing a supersonic airliner and has yet to fly a low-boom demonstrator similar ...

Explores Boom Supersonic's claim of achieving “Boomless Cruise” and what it means for the future of supersonic flight.

A spectacular image was captured during a historic test flight. It shows the supersonic XB-1 aircraft from Boom Supersonic racing past the Sun, revealing shock waves invisible to the naked eye. A ...

This means that Boom's vision for a far wider range of destinations is a lot more possible. Potential routes include San Francisco to Tokyo, which could be made in six hours, and Newark, New Jersey, ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 named “Baby Boom” created a sonic boom that could not be heard on the ground during a test flight demonstration in January 2025. Boom! We cracked it! Today we are ...

Boom Supersonic Says Xb-1 Aircraft Flew Over Mach 1 With No Audible Sonic Boom On The Ground Below The aircraft, detailed in blueprints in a recent academic paper, is meant to reach Mach 1.6 and ...

“We’ve got the only operational, non-military supersonic jet in the world,” he said. “That’s the XB-1 prototype. We’ve demonstrated we can do it without a sonic boom.” Boom ...