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Speed and durability combined with low emissions and low noise are the defining factors for the future of supersonic flight. That’s according to industry experts Joel Kirk of GE Aviation, Peter…
“This is such an exciting venture you all are pursuing,” Captain Robert ‘Hoot’ Gibson began. “I want to fly it!” He was referring to Boom’s supersonic aircraft, XB-1, undergoing assembly just a…
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,…
More than 25,000 entrepreneurs, investors, and forward-thinkers descended on Helsinki, Finland last week for the 2019 startup-conference Slush. Considered the world’s leading startup event, Slush…
Are all supersonic aircraft similar to Concorde? While Concorde is our most shining example of supersonic, the category is surprisingly varied in design and purpose. Among the 200 aircraft capable…
How does it feel to fly supersonically? 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,…
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…
In October 2019, human factors evaluations transitioned from testing in the XB-1 simulator to XB-1 itself when our demonstrator aircraft underwent ergonomics testing with Boom test pilots Bill…
