See Boom Supersonic's "refined" design of the Overture aircraft in this animated explainer. Credit: Boom Supersonic ...

Boom Technology now claims its Overture jet can rewrite that history. Promising profitability and sustainability, the jet faces skepticism rooted in hard-learned lessons.

A schlieren image of Boom's XB-1 supersonic demonstrator. Credit: NASA/Boom Supersonic COLORADO SPRINGS—Boom has frozen the configuration of its planned Overture supersonic airliner, paving the ...

(Boom Supersonic) With the short XB-1 flight test campaign now concluded, the next step for Boom is its main goal – the 80-seat Mach 1.7 Overture airliner. In the livestream on 10 February, Scholl ...

Boom Supersonic might have snatched aviation’s holy grail after announcing on Monday that its XB-1 test plane had completed its maiden supersonic flight two weeks ago without producing a sonic ...

And so the net cost of using Concorde means it was cheaper than the net cost of flying on a subsonic airplane. Boom and the Overture will be doing that for the business people. But with their proposed ...

While Boom Aviation still has its work cut out in developing the Boom Overture, the successful test run of the XB-1 should ensure that public interest in civilian supersonic flights will remain high.

The Concorde was said to be ahead of its time in the 20th century, achieving a speed of 1,354 miles per hour — twice the speed of sound. The Concorde was capable of flying from London to New York in ...

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, today announced milestones across its Overture airliner and Symphony engine programs at the Farnborough International Airshow. Boom ...