The Air Force successfully fired an air-to-ground hypersonic missile that reached speeds more than five times the speed of sound in a test off the southern California coast, officials said Monday.

A supersonic jet built by Boom Technology broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday, advancing its bid to resurrect high-speed passenger flights.

Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm's XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025 ...

It reached this record speed on three separate occasions during its 34-minute test flight. Boom Supersonic is now the first independent company to break the sound barrier with an aircraft intended ...

Boom Supersonic has set a new speed record for its XB-1 prototype aircraft while confirming the stability of its design at high speeds for subsonic flight. The successful test puts us one step ...

How Did The XB-1 Jet Break The Sound Barrier Without Producing An Audible Sonic Boom? The XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier three times during its test flight. No boom was heard from the ground.

To fly faster than the speed of sound is to punch through a threshold in the sky. Learn all about the speed of supersonic flight.

Although few people ever get the chance to travel at the speed of sound, it is an alluring flight goal and an impressive technological feat. Though average people have flown at high speeds on ...

One month prior, the aircraft hit a top speed of only 728 mph, as before the latest test flight, the aircraft had not previously broken the sound barrier. BOOM The XB-1 is the prototype for Boom ...

The test simulated flight at Mach 8 at an altitude of 30 kilometers. The engine burned RP-3 aviation kerosene, a fuel similar to the US military’s JP-8, and demonstrated continuous detonation ...

America's hypersonic flight comeback: Shifting the balance of power at 5 times the speed of sound Stratolaunch's Talon-A aims to help US catch up in hypersonic technology ...

On August 14, 1953, Flight Lt. William H. Scott flew the CAC CA-26 Sabre past the speed of sound, making Australia the newest ...