Feb 10, 2025 · Boomless Cruise enables Overture to fly at speeds up to Mach 1.3 without an audible boom, reducing U.S. coast-to-coast flight times by up to 90 minutes. International routes with overland segments can also benefit from increased speeds.

Feb 10, 2025 · When the experimental XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight on 28 January, it did not produce a sonic boom audible from the ground, according to...

Feb 10, 2025 · Rather than refracting downwards and disrupting people on the ground, Boom’s XB-1 flew higher before transitioning to Mach 1. Boom Supersonic placed microphones along the aircraft’s flight path, which confirmed that, on every transition, no sonic boom reached the ground.

Feb 10, 2025 · Follow XB-1’s flight test program through Mach 1 and beyond. XB-1, Boom’s supersonic demonstrator aircraft, successfully broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight on January 28, 2025.

Mar 7, 2025 · Boomless Cruise is based on well-established physics known as Mach cutoff, in which a sonic boom refracts in the atmosphere and never reaches the ground. XB-1’s second supersonic flight demonstrated this capability during three additional supersonic runs. In total, XB-1 broke the sound barrier six times, all without making an audible boom.

Feb 12, 2025 · American firm Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has once again reached supersonic speeds without producing an audible boom, following its milestone flight on January 28 this year. The aircraft is the first piloted non-military plane to break the sound barrier since Concorde’s retirement in 2003. Here’s how it achieved this feat

Feb 11, 2025 · For Boom Supersonic to realize its end goal of reintroducing commercial flights faster than Mach 1, it needs to have aircraft engineered to achieve Mach cutoffs. The XB-1 is a...

"During its historic first supersonic flight on January 28, 2025, Boom’s demonstrator aircraft, XB-1, broke the sound barrier three times without generating a sonic boom that reached the...

Feb 11, 2025 · In October of 2024, the XB-1 was teasing supersonic speeds. And it was only about two weeks ago that the XB-1 broke the sound barrier for the very first time, reaching Mach 1.122 during its...

Eventually, they merge into a single shock wave, which travels at the speed of sound, a critical speed known as Mach 1, which is approximately 1,192 km/h (741 mph) at sea level and 20 °C (68 °F). In smooth flight, the shock wave starts at the nose of the aircraft and ends at the tail.