The Aerion AS2 was designed to overcome the sonic boom challenge that grounded Concorde, promising quiet supersonic flight over land. With a target speed of Mach 1.4 and a range of 5,400 nautical ...

“On Feb.10, Boom Supersonic announced that it will use data the company collected from XB-1’s test flight program to bring Boomless Cruise to the Overture,” the press release reads.

NASA also obtained acoustic data from the aircraft which demonstrated the ‘boomless cruise’ principle, whereby the sonic boom, under certain speed and atmospheric conditions, can refract away ...