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Welcome to Up to Speed, a monthly recap of news from Boom Supersonic. August was a month filled with progress across the XB-1, Overture, and Symphony™ programs. XB-1 completed key milestones in…
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…
How does it feel on a supersonic flight? Descriptions of breaking the sound barrier are rife with hair-raising myths and legends that promise an exhilarating sense of speed. But if truth be told,…
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first presidential proclamation designating August 19th, National Aviation Day. This day commemorates Orville Wright’s birthday and was meant to…
In December 2022, Boom announced the development of the Symphony propulsion system designed and optimized for Boom’s Overture supersonic airliner. The bespoke engine will deliver 25% more time on…
Welcome to Up to Speed, a monthly recap of news from Boom Supersonic. From significant program advances announced at the Paris Air Show to the release of Boom’s 2022 sustainability report, it was…
This week at the 2023 Paris Air Show, one of the largest and most significant events in the aerospace industry, Phil Condit, former chairman and CEO of The Boeing Company and current Boom advisor,…
In 2022, the facility housing a full-scale iron bird used to test and integrate flight components and systems, software, and hardware-in-the-loop, The Iron Bird, was announced. Now, the facility…
In 2022, Boom announced the Overture Superfactory at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. In January 2023, construction began on the Overture Superfactory, an…
