US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic is expecting to reach design freeze on the Overture supersonic passenger aircraft in about a week, as flight-testing of its experimental XB-1 jet concludes.

XB-1 and its tests of such components as that synthetic-vision system represent an opening act for Boom’s Overture, a four-engined, delta-winged airliner that will accommodate from 64 to 80 ...

Boom Overture, a new supersonic passenger plane being developed by American aviation company Boom Technology, may cross the Atlantic Ocean just like the Concorde did more than 20 years ago.

The XB-1, which has now completed 12 successful test flights since it first took to the air in March 2024, is the precursor to the development of Boom’s supersonic commercial airliner, Overture.

Boom has said that the Overture will carry 64-80 passengers at Mach 1.7, about twice the speed of today’s subsonic airliners, on over 600 global routes. The 180,000-square-foot “superfactory ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator has broken the sound barrier, marking a major milestone in the effort that hopes to lead to a larger 55-seat supersonic airliner design known as Overture. Overall, ...

MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced Boomless Cruise for its supersonic airliner ...

Overture, a larger and faster passenger-carrying version of the test jet, is planned to launch in 2029 with a top speed of Mach 1.7, Boom says. That's about twice the speed of current airliners.

Boomless Cruise enables flights up to 50% faster over land and 2X faster over water on Overture supersonic airliner Boomless Cruise is based on well-established physics known as Mach cutoff, in ...

MOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its ...