Aircraft today are dramatically quieter than 50 years ago, but they still produce considerable noise. Here’s how that’s changing. — When you think of airports, what sound comes to mind? Whether it’s roaring engines, tires touching down or aircraft gear raising, each is considered aircraft environmental noise. It might surprise you that today, aircraft are dramatically quieter than 50 years ago. …

The National Aviation Hall of Fame joins Boom to recognize six barrier-breaking aviators during Women’s History Month. — Can you name the first woman to break the sound barrier or win a national air race? You will soon. As part of Women’s History Month, Boom teamed up with the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) to spotlight six barrier-breaking women and bring their stories forward. …

Boom is envisioning a recycling process that may not begin for 40 years but requires attention now. — When an inventor builds a new product, they’re most likely not thinking about the inexorable end of its useful life. The eventual resting place of a product 20 or even 50 years into the future is difficult to imagine. …

Following an Air Force career testing helicopters and airplanes, Jeff Mabry will lead Boom’s flight control room team when XB-1 goes supersonic. — Jeff Mabry is ready to make history. As Boom’s Chief Flight Test Engineer, he’s preparing the XB-1 team for ground and flight tests. When the time comes for XB-1 to go supersonic, he’ll lead the control room team, ensuring a safe and efficient flight test program in California’s Mojave Desert.

“One band, one sound.” Boom’s Head of Marketing Partnerships is looking for mission-driven collaborators. — “I have a very particular set of skills,” Rita Drucker laughed, recalling the iconic line delivered by Liam Neeson’s character in the action thriller Taken. A former movie studio executive with nearly two decades of entertainment marketing experience, Drucker often uses these references as she makes complex ideas sound simple…

For the Executive Chair of IDEO, design holds the power to change not just industries, but lives. — Tim Brown loves airplanes. As a child growing up west of London, he took every opportunity to watch the historic Concorde 002 take off and land at RAF Fairford. Sitting at the end of the runway, Brown would listen intently to the noisy prototype of the world’s first supersonic passenger-carrying…

For speed, innovation and secrecy, no aircraft of its era came close to the SR-71 Blackbird. See it today at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. — What av geek doesn’t love speed, new technologies, advanced manufacturing methods, and the mysteries of a secret government program? Many aircraft embody these features, but none come close to the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. It purposely leaked fuel on the ground, had tires filled with nitrogen, and was made from one…

A letter from Boom Founder & CEO Blake Scholl Today marks an important milestone for Boom and our future passengers. We’re thrilled to announce that Overture will be joining the United Airlines fleet. United has purchased 15 Overture supersonic airliners and secured options on another 35. We’ve been working behind…

Interested in a supersonic career? Here’s what two engineers had to say about the experience. — Senior Structural Engineer Gustavo Silva is a mechanical and aerospace engineer by training, but works as a software engineer and numerical methods expert. He supports multiple engineering teams in determining how to best solve problems mathematically. Then, he helps implement the software that makes the math a reality, bridging the…