The FAA has proposed scrapping the blanket supersonic ban that has stood since the 1970s, replacing the speed limit with a ground-impact standard that would let boomless jets fly over US land. The shift offers Boom, Hermeus, and other developers a clearer legal path, though engines, market size, route economics, and years of further rulemaking remain major hurdles.
Boom Supersonic Aircraft
The second chapter in supersonic passenger travel is roaring towards reality, almost 22 years since Concorde’s last flight.
The United States (US) has officially ended its decades-long ban on supersonic commercial flight over land.
Boom Supersonic, the company developing the world’s fastest airliner, celebrated the completion of construction at the Overture Superfactory with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today (June 17, 2024).
Today witnessed XB-1’s historic flight in the revered airspace where the Bell X-1 initially pierced the sound barrier in 1947,” recounted Blake Scholl, the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic.
Boom Supersonic, the company dedicated to constructing the world’s fastest airliner, revealed a series of significant achievements across the Overture airliner, Symphony engine, and XB-1 supersonic demonstrator projects.