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Boom’s Lead Manufacturing Engineer Ryan Bocook arrived at the office before sunrise. It wasn’t unusual for him to visit the hangar on Saturdays to work through unfinished projects, but there was…
At Boom, we’ve always believed that faster flight time is about more than convenience or speed. It’s about removing the barriers to experiencing the planet and creating greater access to people,…
Titanium is not only one of the strongest materials on earth, it’s also remarkably light. These two factors are among the many reasons why Boom selected titanium as the material of choice for the…
“What I saw today was lots of people working and many parts being assembled. It was an amazing experience. Boom is very close to reaching the goal.” Yasushi Omori is the Vice President of Business…
The first in a series of bonding milestones was achieved in early December with the bonding of XB-1’s right-hand fuselage in Boom’s hangar. Successful bonding along XB-1’s BL0 splice (from the…
Wood rots. Fabric perishes. Steel and iron are heavyweights. Titanium is pricey. Aluminum can’t always take the heat. Carbon fiber composites spur innovation. The history of aircraft materials —…
It’s 5 P.M. on a Thursday evening. As offices across Denver shutter their doors for the day, Boom’s hangar continues to hum with the sound of activity. A symphony of tooling, welding, bonding,…
It has been 16 years since an airliner delivered passengers at speeds beyond the sound barrier. When Concorde retired from the skies in 2003, many were left to wonder if the era of supersonic…
For the Air Force Academy’s Flight Test Techniques class, nothing is more valuable to its cadets than hands-on experience. Last weekend, Boom welcomed a cohort of United States Air Force Academy…
