Supercruise sounds like marketing spin, but in aviation it describes a very specific and demanding trick: flying faster than ...

Boom Supersonic has made great strides in recent years toward fulfilling its ambition to get its Overture supersonic airliner off the ground. The problem is that faster-than-sound aircraft aren't ...

Boom Supersonic is now providing turbines to data centers to help fuel the AI boom. The company’s CEO says the move won’t detract from its ambitions of reviving supersonic flight. Boom Supersonic — ...

Boom Supersonic’s quest to revive supersonic commercial aircraft flight also received a historic and unexpected boost from an ...

The Quesst mission and a “silent” boom The X-59 sits at the center of NASA’s Quest mission, short for quiet supersonic ...

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Boom aims to roll out the first prototype of its Overture supersonic airliner in 2026, begin flying it in 2027, and complete FAA type certification by the end of the ...

Leading the charge is Boom Supersonic, which is exhibiting at NBAA-BACE for the first time. Unlike its erstwhile counterpart and one-time NBAA-BACE regular Aerion, Boom is targeting the airline market ...

Why it matters: Supersonic flight has existed for nearly 80 years, but remains banned over land due to the deafening sonic booms produced when aircraft exceed Mach 1 (767 mph). NASA and Lockheed ...

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, today announced a backlog of more than $1.25 billion for its Superpower turbine and revealed its launch customer, Crusoe. The ...

The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas. NASA’s new X-59 experimental jet flew for the ...

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