Forbes

Boom XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight—First Time Since Concorde In 2003

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 retired ...
TechCrunch

Boom’s XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go supersonic

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’s plane ...
Space.com

Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today: Watch live

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 test vehicle is scheduled to lift off today (Jan. 28) at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
Jalopnik

It's Far Too Soon To Let Supersonic Flights Rip Across The Country

While Boom Supersonic boasted about there being no audible sonic boom on the ground during the final test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator in February, its prospective airliner still isn't allowed to ...

Lockheed Martin’s X-59 completes first supersonic flight minus the sonic boom

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, has successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a ...
BGR

Supersonic Commercial Flights Will Return In 2025 For The First Time Since The Concorde

For the first time since the Concorde was retired in 2003, the dream of supersonic commercial flights is making a comeback. Promising to cut transcontinental travel times in half, these ...
CNN

America’s skies may soon open up to supersonic travel. But there’s still a big problem

The skies over the United States could be wide open for much faster air travel in the near future. Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development — for the ...