Jan 10, 2025 · XB-1 leverages state-of-the-art technologies to enable efficient supersonic flight including digitally-optimized aerodynamics, carbon fiber composites, advanced supersonic engine intakes, and an augmented reality vision system for takeoff and landing visibility.

5 days ago · 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.

6 days ago · Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on a test flight over the American desert.

5 days ago · US company Boom has broken the sound barrier during a test flight of its prototype aircraft XB-1. The test opens the way for the first supersonic passenger jet since the British-French Concorde ...

6 days ago · Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft will break the sound barrier for the first time during a Jan. 28 test flight, and you can watch the action live.

Test flights to Mach 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 were planned for later in 2024. [25] On August 26, 2024, the XB-1 took off from Mojave, California, for its second test flight, piloted by chief test pilot Tristan Brandenburg. [26] On November 21, 2024, Boom announced that the XB-1 had completed the eighth of ten planned subsonic flights.

Jan 17, 2025 · In flight test, we can choose to only vary Mach or dynamic pressure independently of one another to determine their effects on flutter margin and flying qualities.

Pilots and engineers conducted exhaustive testing of flight hardware and software, including hundreds of hours in the simulator evaluating the aircraft, operations, and human factors.

6 days ago · Boom Supersonic's XB-1 Testbed Plane Breaks the Sound Barrier The single-seat, three-engine jet is the first independently developed plane to exceed Mach 1 in level flight.

6 days ago · The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according to Boom Supersonic.