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.
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The United States (US) has officially ended its decades-long ban on supersonic commercial flight over land.
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.