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Boom Supersonic Announces Symphony Engine Test Site at Colorado Air & Space Port
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, today announced that it has selected a site at the Colorado Air and Space Port in Watkins, CO to conduct engine tests for its Symphony propulsion system. The site was previously used for hypersonic engine development. Symphony, the bespoke engine for Overture, is a medium bypass turbofan optimized for supersonic flight. Boom…
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Boom Supersonic Achieves Supersonic Flight
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Boom designed, built, and flew the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet—the first civil supersonic jet made in America. Boom Supersonic makes aviation history as XB-1 breaks the sound barrier. XB-1 is…
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Boom Supersonic Accelerates Overture Aircraft and Engine Development
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, today announced milestones across its Overture airliner and Symphony engine programs at the Farnborough International Airshow. Boom is reinventing the cockpit with an all-new flight deck, designed around pilots with safety at the forefront. Boom is making rapid progress on its Symphony engine, with hardware testing underway and the first full-scale…
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Boom Supersonic Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Aircraft
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful flight of XB-1, the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet, at the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California. Like Overture, XB-1 leverages state-of-the-art technologies to enable efficient supersonic flight including carbon fiber composites, advanced avionics, digitally-optimized aerodynamics, and an advanced supersonic propulsion system. The inaugural flight…
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Boom Supersonic Advances Flight Preparations for XB-1
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, today announced it has completed several key milestones for XB-1, Boom’s technology demonstrator aircraft. XB-1 leverages 60 years of progress in airplane technologies like carbon fiber composites, advanced avionics, and digitally-optimized aerodynamics to enable sustainable supersonic travel. XB-1 has undergone extensive ground testing since arriving, including taxi testing this week…
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Boom Supersonic Begins Construction on Overture Superfactory
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, kicked off construction of its Overture Superfactory today in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Overture Superfactory is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located on a 62-acre campus at the Piedmont Triad International Airport. This site will house the final assembly line, as well as test facility, and customer delivery center for Boom’s flagship supersonic…
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Boom Supersonic and American Express Launch Strategic Partnership to Bring Exclusive Experiences to American Express® Card Members
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest and most sustainable supersonic airliner, today announced a multi-year partnership with American Express. This partnership extends to American Express Card Members who will have first-hand access to curated and immersive aviation experiences that showcase Overture, the flagship sustainable supersonic airliner from Boom. To launch the partnership, American Express Platinum Card® Members will…
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Boom Supersonic Goes All-In on AWS
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 1, 2020– Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that Boom Technology, Inc. (Boom Supersonic), a Denver-based aviation company that is bringing commercial supersonic flight back to the skies, is going all-in on AWS. Boom Supersonic is leveraging the world’s leading cloud to provide the company with the virtually unlimited compute power, storage, security, and comprehensive set of services…
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Boom Supersonic to Roll Out Historic XB-1 Demonstrator Oct. 7
DENVER, July 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Boom Supersonic, the aerospace company building the world’s fastest airliner today announced that its supersonic demonstrator, XB-1, will roll out on October 7, 2020. In keeping with CDC-recommended social distancing measures, the entire event will be available online and allow attendees an opportunity to submit questions to company leadership. Supersonic returns. Boom’s supersonic demonstrator, XB-1, rolls out October 7,…
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