Aerospace Manufacturing

Boom Supersonic reveals Overture aircraft and engine developments

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, has announced milestones across its Overture airliner and Symphony engine programmes.

2nd August 2024

Boom Supersonic demonstrator aircraft completes first flight

Boom Supersonic, which is developing the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, has announced the successful first flight of XB-1, the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet.

27th March 2024

Boom Supersonic achieves multiple milestones ahead of first flight

Boom Supersonic, which is building the world’s fastest airliner, has achieved multiple milestones across the Overture airliner, Symphony engine, and XB-1 supersonic demonstrator programmes.

10th November 2023

Boom announces significant progress on supersonic airliner

Boom Supersonic, a company developing the world’s fastest airliner, has announced at the Paris Air Show significant advances on Overture, its sustainable supersonic aircraft.

21st June 2023

American Airlines orders 20 jets from Boom Supersonic

American Airlines has announced an agreement to purchase up to 20 Overture aircraft from Boom Supersonic, with an option for an additional 40.

17th August 2022

Boom Supersonic visited by USAF amid latest contract award

Members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Vector Initiative team recently visited Boom Supersonic in Denver, Colorado to see the progress Boom has made on its XB-1 aircraft development.

27th May 2022

Boom picks site for supersonic airliner factory

Boom Supersonic, which is building the world's fastest supersonic airliner, has selected the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina as the site of its first full-scale manufacturing facility.

28th January 2022

United Airlines orders 15 supersonic planes capable of Mach 1.7

Boom Supersonic has won an aircraft order from United Airlines, a major step forward in returning supersonic speed to consumers.

3rd June 2021

Collins Aerospace and Boom Supersonic announce strategic collaboration

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies, has signed a collaboration agreement with Boom Supersonic, the aerospace company building the world's fastest airliner, to advance nacelle technology on Boom’s forthcoming flagship supersonic airliner, Overture.

23rd November 2020

Boom Supersonic reveals XB-1 demonstrator jet for first time

Boom Supersonic has revealed its supersonic demonstrator, XB-1, thought to be the first independently developed supersonic jet.

8th October 2020

Adding to the boom

VELO3D, an innovator in digital manufacturing, has revealed that Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft includes 21 flight hardware components that were manufactured by VELO3D’s Sapphire 3D metal printer.

7th October 2020

Rolls-Royce to work with Boom Supersonic on propulsion system

Boom Supersonic and Rolls-Royce have announced an agreement to explore the pairing of a Rolls-Royce propulsion system with the supersonic passenger aircraft, Overture

6th August 2020

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