Boom Technology, the Colorado company working on building the next generation of supersonic jets, has chosen to develop and ...

When traveling near the speed of sound, the plane came up against a "sound barrier"—as though the velocity of sound represented a wall through which a plane could not move. With technological ...

The facility at the Colorado Air and Space Port includes a control room and advanced instrumentation. Data collected from ...

The original sound barrier was first broken on October ... Following the success of the XB-1, Boom Supersonic plans to extend the technology for the Overture supersonic airliner.

The International Civil Aviation Organization aligned on a recommended new standard for supersonic aircraft landing and takeoff noise that takes into account advanced noise reduction procedures.

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl told "Mornings with Maria" on Tuesday that America currently has a leg up on China when it comes to supersonic jets.

Now, two decades later, Boom Supersonic is trying to ... 1.7. Scholl said testing proved that the technology was capable of breaking the sound barrier without producing an audible shock wave ...

At Mach 1, shock waves coming off a T-38 (seen using Schlieren photography) will coalesce to form a mighty boom. Along Seawall ... make when it crosses the sound barrier during flight tests ...

Previously, Dr. Hallion was curator of science and technology at the Smithsonian Institution. NOVA spoke with him on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier.

«This image makes the invisible visible — the first U.S. civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier», says Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic ... supersonic airliner Overture — ...

“Just like the chip, the airplane was invented in America, and China wants to surpass America as a leader in technology ... boom.” Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft broke the ...