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The first step toward wing bend tests on XB-1, Boom’s supersonic demonstrator, has successfully wrapped up in the hangar. Using RSflite portable ultrasound equipment, the team looked inside XB-1’s…
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,…
Based on the job title alone, test pilots have one of the world’s most thrilling jobs. But Top Gun moments aside, the life of a test pilot demands painstaking excellence, exhaustive training and…
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…
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…
“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…
In 2014, we launched a dream to make the world dramatically more accessible through supersonic travel. Back then, the world regarded us as crazy. In aerospace circles, supersonic was seen to be…
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 —…
