On February 10, in the skies above the Mojave Desert, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 test jet roared past Mach 1, tearing through the sound barrier. But this time, there was no need to take it on faith.

Supersonic speeds for nonmilitary flights have been outlawed since 1973 due to noise and property damage concerns.

U.S. lawmakers introduced Wednesday the Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act in a bid to revise the FAA's 52-year ban on ...

Boom Technology, the Colorado company working on building the next generation of supersonic jets, has chosen to develop and test its engines of the future just 30 miles north of its Centennial ...

US Republican Senator Ted Budd, from North Carolina, has introduced a bill that, if approved, would considerably expand the ...

Supersonic flight without an audible sonic boom should obviously be allowed," said Blake Scholl, Boom's founder and chief ...

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Lawmakers in the USA have embarked again on an effort eliminate a federal rule that has banned supersonic air travel over ...

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Boom’s supersonic data points from Jan. 28 and ... but below the breaking of the sound barrier at Mach 1. Each one-tenth beyond Mach 1 represents a 10% increase beyond the speed of sound ...