Boom XB-1
| XB-1 ("Baby Boom") | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Boom Technology |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | March 22, 2024[1] |
| Retired | February 15, 2025[source?] |
The Boom XB-1, sometimes called "Baby Boom", is a supersonic airplane designed by "Boom Supersonic".[2] The airplane is retired (as of 2025). However, its technology is being used (as of 2025), to finish a new airplane, the Boom Overture.
Test flights (of the Boom XB-1) were done (as late as August 2024).[3] Only one airplane was built; It was for Technology demonstration.
The length (of Boom XB-1), is 21 m (68 ft).
It has 3 jet engines.
A 61 m (201 ft) airliner, from technology of Boom XB-1
[change | change source]The development of the Boom XB-1, is part of the development of the Boom Overture, a transport airliner. In regard to engine for the Boom Overture:
In 2025, Boom announced that it is building a (place or) facility for testing its Symphony engine at the Colorado Air & Space Port.[4] Boom is producing parts for an engine core prototype at its research and development facility in Colorado; Tests on that engine core are supposed to happen in 2026.[5] Earlier (and as of December 2022), the company has an aim (or idea), for production of the engine to begin in 2025 at the Overture factory at Greensboro, North Carolina, according to media.[6][7]
The Boom Overture will perhaps have its first test flight in 2026, according to media in 2022.
In 2022, a change was made in the design; The airplane will have four turbofan engines, according to the 2022 redesign.[5]
The design (from 2022) will closely resemble (or look a lot like), one from the 1970s, the Boeing B-2707-300.[8]
The Boom Overture will perhaps be introduced[9] [as early as] 2030 or 2029, according to plans from 2022.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Aircraft". Boom Supersonic. Boom Technology. March 22, 2024. Archived from the original on March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Boom Supersonic to Roll Out Historic XB-1 Demonstrator Oct. 7" (Press release). Boom Supersonic. July 8, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.nrk.no/klima/vellykket-test-for-nytt-supersonisk-passasjerfly-1.17029976. Retrieved 2024-09-06
- ↑ Hemmerdinger, Jon. "Boom picks Colorado site to test in-development Symphony engine". Flight Global. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
- 1 2 Norris, Guy (July 19, 2022). "Boom Unveils New Look Overture and Northrop Grumman Partnership". Aviation week. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ↑ Ganapavaram, Abhijith (December 13, 2022). "Boom taps Kratos to power supersonic plane Overture, delays rollout". Reuters. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ↑ Coldewey, Devin (December 13, 2022). "Boom takes the wraps off its supersonic Symphony engine design". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ↑ Schuurman, Richard (July 19, 2022). "Boom Supersonic radically changes Overture design". Airinsight.com. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ↑ "Son of Concorde: New supersonic airplane Overture revealed". BBC News. July 23, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
