A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.

The Northrop YB-35/XB-35 (designed by Northrop at N-9 or NS-9) was an early American attempt to build a flying-wing heavy bomber. It was developed during and immediately after WWII. The massive ...

Other J35-powered aircraft included the Republic YF-84 and F-84B/C/D/E/G, Douglas XB-43, North American XB-45 and B-45, Consolidated XB-46, Boeing XB-47 and B-47A/B, Martin XB-48, Northrop RB-35B and ...

"This image makes the invisible visible — the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier." ...

Boom Supersonic built a supersonic plane for a fraction of the cost of NASA's X-59. Now all that's left to do is build it ...

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier. Captured on the second supersonic flight, it used a special ...

This amazing image shows the moment Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier during its second supersonic flight on 10 February 2025. The company is developing the world's fastest ...

US aeronautics agency NASA managed to capture the Boom Supersonic XB-1 research aircraft as it broke the sound barrier during its final flight on 10 February. The flight – the XB-1’s second in ...

With heightened tensions between Europe and the United States over NATO and Ukraine, the myth of an F-35 "kill switch", which would supposedly allow the ...