As it closed out 2024, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft reached transonic speeds in its 10th test flight from the ...

America’s first supersonic interceptor, the Convair F-102, struggled with drag and systems woes, never fully achieving its ...

Boom Supersonic is inching closer to achieving supersonic flight with its XB-1 demonstrator as test-flights continue over the ...

In the department of High Speed Configurations, we investigate the aerodynamics of aircraft and missiles at transonic, supersonic and hypersonic flight speeds. We develop know-how and innovative ...

Despite further tests both with and without the balsa strips, the X-4 Bantam could never shake its tendency to oscillate at ...

in Cologne are the only wind tunnels in Europe capable of generating the transonic flow conditions of modern transport aircraft at Reynolds numbers representative of real flight. This large-scale ...

In the future, Boom Supersonic plans to take the XB-1 to transonic (speeds between Mach 0.8 and Mach 1.2) and supersonic (>Mach 1.2) speeds and test the material. This test flight marks yet ...

“Boom said flight 9 will see XB-1 going deeper into the transonic regime.” What makes the transonic period pivotal is that transonic speeds can cause structural vibrations known as the ...