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Today, Boom announced the selection of tier-one aerospace leader Latecoere to join its growing network of global suppliers. As part of the agreement, Latecoere’s engineering team in Toulouse,…
Boom’s Chief Test Pilot Bill “Doc” Shoemaker, who joined the company five years ago, has made invaluable contributions to the XB-1 program. For Bill, the road to Boom and XB-1 encompassed graduate…
In 2023, XB-1 was moved from Boom’s hangar in Centennial, Colorado to the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California, continuing preparations for first flight. The aircraft has undergone…
Earlier this year, XB-1 was moved from the company’s hangar in Centennial, Colorado to the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California to continue preparations for flight. The aircraft has…
Taxi testing is another stepping stone in aircraft development—and the last series of tests before first flight. XB-1 recently conducted its first taxi test at Centennial Airport in Colorado,…
Nose high testing is what it sounds like. The nose of the aircraft is pitched high off the ground to simulate landing and take off. It is another component of ground testing , which is the group…
As XB-1 nears the end of ground testing before moving to Mojave for flight test, there are a variety of physical tests that must be performed on the ground before the aircraft can be proven safe…
Have you ever wondered what happens after an aircraft build is complete? The answer is flight test. It’s a collaborative, multi-year endeavor undertaken by engineers, test pilots, mechanics and…
Plane spotters in the Denver area started noticing something different on the taxiway at Centennial Airport last year, and it wasn’t typical airport activity. It was Boom’s ground crew conducting…
