Boom has been given permission to go supersonic by the US FAA. The first-ever Special Flight Authorization (SFA) to Exceed Mach means the company's XB-1 prototype will be allowed to break the sound barrier during its test flights.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Boom, Supersonic
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Video: Boom's XB-1 cleared for supersonic test flights
Posted by ArielTechGeek 25 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Video: Next-gen supersonic aircraft takes flight
Posted by ArielTechGeek 49 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The first private supersonic aircraft since Concorde retired two decades ago has taken to the skies. On March 22, Boom's XB-1 supersonic demonstrator completed its maiden flight at the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Boom, Supersonic, Test Flights, Aviation, Flight, Plane, Airlines
NASA and Lockheed Martin unveil "quiet supersonic" jet
Posted by Ronnie 104 days ago (https://www.dezeen.com)
Space agency NASA and aerospace company Lockheed Martin have presented their experimental X-59 supersonic jet, which has a form designed to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. Read more
X-59 supersonic X-plane gets rolled out by NASA and Lockheed Martin
Posted by ArielTechGeek 121 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
With the usual ballyhoo, NASA and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the X-59 supersonic aircraft today. In a ceremony at the famous Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the experimental plane was introduced to the public before a party of dignitaries.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: NASA, Lockheed Martin, Supersonic
Boom's XB-1 supersonic prototype starts taxi tests
Posted by ArielTechGeek 253 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
After a 20-year hiatus, the return of commercial supersonic flight is another step closer after Boom Supersonic announced that its prototype faster-than-sound jet has undergone ground tests and won an experimental airworthiness certificate from the US FAA.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Boom, Supersonic
Boom reveals supersonic specs at Paris Air Show
Posted by ArielTechGeek 322 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
At this year's Paris Air Show, Boom Supersonic announced a raft of new supplier agreements that reveal technical specifications for the company's planned Overture supersonic commercial airliner and its custom Symphony engine.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Boom, Supersonic, Paris Air Show 2023
NASA's Quesst to end 50-year-old commercial supersonic flight ban over US
Posted by ArielTechGeek 380 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
NASA this week marked the 50th anniversary of the total ban of civilian supersonic flights over the United States. The milestone comes as the agency continues with the development of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft intended to reintroduce civilian Mach+ service.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Supersonic, NASA, Lockheed Martin
New protein-based armor material can withstand supersonic impacts
Posted by ArielTechGeek 515 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The search for next-generation armor materials has regularly led scientists into the realm of nature, where everything from snail shells to sea sponges have inspired some exciting possibilities. Researchers at the University of Kent have followed in these footsteps to developed a protein-based family of synthetic materials that can withstand supersonic impacts and which they see one day finding u
American Airlines puts down deposit for 20 Boom supersonic aircraft
Posted by ArielTechGeek 635 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The future of civilian commercial supersonic travel looks a bit firmer today after American Airlines and Boom Supersonic signed an agreement for the airline to put down a non-returnable deposit towards the purchase of 20 Overture supersonic aircraft, with the option for an additional 40.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Boom, Supersonic
Northrop Grumman and Boom team up for supersonic military transports
Posted by ArielTechGeek 660 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The first of the next generation of civilian supersonic flight is yet to arrive, but military variants are already being considered. Northrop Grumman and Boom Supersonic signed an agreement at the Farnborough International Air Show to develop special quick-reaction mission variants of Boom’s Overture supersonic aircraft.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Boom, Northrop Grumman, F
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