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
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.
Boom Supersonic has unveiled its Defense Advisory Group, a team of esteemed military and defense specialists assembled to evaluate the suitability of Boom’s Overture aircraft for national (US) security purposes.
Boom Supersonic, the pioneering entity behind the creation of the world’s swiftest commercial aircraft, Overture, has revealed the successful attainment of several pivotal achievements in the development of its technology demonstrator aircraft, XB-1.
In a setback for the resurgence of supersonic travel, Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has decided against acquiring a fleet of Boom Supersonic aircraft, affectionately known as the “son of Concorde.”
Boom Supersonic, the pioneering company behind the world’s fastest airliner, announced significant progress on its sustainable supersonic Overture during the Paris Air Show.