Boom is convinced it can overcome the barriers that grounded the Concorde and make supersonic travel affordable and greener.

MOJAVE, California—High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture transport with the successful supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator, the first independently developed faster-than-sound aircraft.

Recent advances in science include a sped-up return of NASA astronauts proposed by Trump and Musk, a historic supersonic test flight by Boom Supersonic, building progress of a giant telescope in Chile,

Boom Supersonic flew its XB-1 test jet at about the speed of sound, a major step as the company works toward the daunting job of bringing supersonic travel back to the skies.

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947.

American aircraft company Boom Supersonic proved their name by successfully flying their civilian jet, the XB-1, faster than the speed of sound over the Mojave Desert Tuesday.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 has broken the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.122 in a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert, marking the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde. - Ana

Boom Supersonic this week successfully flew the first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft over the Mojave Desert in California, USA.

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Boom Technologies XB-1 test plane has become the first aircraft not built with government involvement to break the sound barrier in a test flight over the Mojave desert.

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator has broken the sound barrier, becoming the first US-made civil aircraft to do so.