An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.

A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier.

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday, tearing through the air tens of thousands of feet above the Mojave Desert and a crowd of ...

Breaking the sound barrier occurs at 761 mph. The manufacturer reached a key milestone June 17 with the construction completion of its $500 million “superfactory” at Piedmont Triad ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet is attempting to break the sound barrier – and its first supersonic test flight takes off today (28 ...

On October 14, 1947, Yeager engaged all four of the XLR11’s chambers, after being dropped in the X-1 from a B-29, and became the first person to ever break the sound barrier; he hit a top speed ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tuesday morning in California's Mojave Desert, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 — the world's first independently developed supersonic jet — broke the sound barrier during a test ...

Boom Supersonic achieved Tuesday its goal of breaking the sound barrier on its first attempt with the XB-1 prototype of its Overture aircraft — and then repeated the feat two more times.