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On September 25 Crusoe ended the Superpower launch partnership; Crusoe confirmed to TechCrunch it is no longer doing business with Boom. Scholl said Boom plans about 250 MW of Superpower deliveries next year to unnamed sites and is targeting 1 GW in 2028. Boom still cites nearly $1B in funding and a 130-aircraft Overture book from American, United and Japan Airlines. The Greensboro Superfactory remains largely idle ahead of a December 31, 2026 500-employee lease threshold. 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Scholl's 250 MW / 1 GW figures are company targets, not named contracts. Baker Hughes generator pairing was announced against the Crusoe order.", "basis": "undisclosed", "scope": "company; aviation plus Superpower turbines", "value": "Pre-revenue in aviation. The $1.25B Crusoe Superpower launch backlog is cancelled as of Sept 25, 2026. Scholl said about 250 MW of Superpower deliveries next year to unnamed sites and a 1 GW company target in 2028.", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/crusoe-abandons-1-25b-plan-to-use-boom-turbines-at-ai-data-centers/", "currency": null, "periodEnd": null, "lastUpdated": "2026-09-27", "periodStart": null }, "operatingStatus": { "detail": "XB-1 remains retired after the 2025 campaign. Near-term focus is still propulsion: Aviation Week reported Sept. 8 that the Symphony sprint core was nearing completion and expected to begin Watkins ground tests within two months, a slip toward November. A fully integrated 42 MW pre-production turbine is still targeted for assembly by end-2026. On Sept. 25 Boom CEO Blake Scholl said Crusoe is no longer the Superpower launch partner; Crusoe confirmed to TechCrunch it is no longer doing business with Boom. Scholl said Boom expects about 250 MW of Superpower deliveries next year to other sites and is targeting 1 GW in 2028; counterparties and sites remain unnamed. Official Superpower and newsroom pages still have not posted a cancellation release. Wikipedia now records the September 2026 Crusoe abandonment, citing TechCrunch. Boom's February 24 flyby still describes Baker Hughes 31 BRUSH DAX 7 generators totaling 1.3 GW as paired with the 1.21 GW Crusoe commitment, with deliveries mid-2026 through 2028; no later Baker Hughes or Boom statement confirms that generator pairing survives the Crusoe exit. The Greensboro Overture Superfactory remains largely idle ahead of a Dec. 31, 2026 500-employee lease threshold.", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/crusoe-abandons-1-25b-plan-to-use-boom-turbines-at-ai-data-centers/", "status": "Development Stage; Superpower launch customer Crusoe cancelled", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-30" }, "revenueStreams": [ { "name": "Overture Aircraft (future)", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/faq", "description": "Boom's main long-term business remains aircraft sales to airline customers. The current order book stands at 130 aircraft from United Airlines, American Airlines, and Japan Airlines, representing Boom's first five years of planned Overture production.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "name": "Superpower Gas Turbines", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/baker-hughes-secures-1-21-gigawatt-generator-order-to-power-boom-supersonics-ai-data-center-solution", "description": "Superpower is Boom's near-term power-generation line for AI data centers. The launch order book is worth more than $1.25B, with Crusoe ordering 29 turbines that will provide 1.21 GW of capacity. Baker Hughes is supplying 31 BRUSH DAX 7 generators totaling 1.3 GW to pair with those turbines, with deliveries scheduled from mid-2026 through 2028.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "name": "Government & Special Mission Programs", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-reveals-refined-overture-and-announces-landmark-market-expanding-alliance-with-northrop-grumman-and-new-tier-one-suppliers", "description": "Boom is also pursuing non-airline applications of Overture through government and defense relationships, including special-mission work with Northrop Grumman and continued engagement with the U.S. Air Force.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" } ], "keyMetrics": [ { "label": "Total Funding Raised", "value": "Nearly $1B (~$948M across all rounds)", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251209195489/en/", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "label": "Overture Order Book", "value": "130 aircraft (American 20+40, United 15+35, JAL 20 options)", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/overture", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "label": "Planned Factory Output", "value": "33 aircraft/year initially; 66/year planned", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/newsroom/media-assets/fact-sheet", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "label": "XB-1 Flight Test Campaign", "value": "13 flights, 6 supersonic runs (retired 2025)", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "label": "Superpower Launch Backlog", "value": "$1.25B+ / 29 turbines / 1.21 GW (Crusoe)", "source": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/crusoe-orders-121gw-of-natural-gas-turbines-from-prototype-airliner-co-boom-supersonic/", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "label": "Superpower Generator Pairing", "value": "31 Baker Hughes BRUSH DAX 7 generators totaling 1.3 GW (25 new + 6 from 2025), deliveries mid-2026 through 2028, paired with the 29-turbine Crusoe Superpower order", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/baker-hughes-secures-1-21-gigawatt-generator-order-to-power-boom-supersonics-ai-data-center-solution", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "label": "Propulsion Focus", "value": "~90% of company efforts on propulsion (Symphony + Superpower)", "source": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-assembly/", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "label": "Superpower Production Ramp Target", "value": "1 GW (2028) → 2 GW (2029) → 4 GW (2030); Superfactory equipment ordered for 2 GW/yr", "source": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-superpower-turbine/", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "note": "Scholl said about 250 MW of Superpower deliveries next year to unnamed sites and a 1 GW company target in 2028. Replacement counterparties are unnamed. Baker Hughes generator pairing was announced against the Crusoe order.", "label": "Superpower launch backlog", "value": "Crusoe $1.25B / 29 turbines / 1.21 GW cancelled Sept 25, 2026", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/crusoe-abandons-1-25b-plan-to-use-boom-turbines-at-ai-data-centers/", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-27" }, { "note": "Scholl said about 250 MW of Superpower deliveries next year to other sites and a 1 GW company target in 2028. Counterparties and sites remain unnamed. 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Aviation Week reported on September 8 that the prototype high-pressure core is nearing completion and is expected to begin ground tests at Watkins, Colorado, within two months, a slip out of the original Q3 2026 window into roughly November. The 14,000-pound stand-alone test article covers the high compressor, combustor, and high turbine, the key technical gate for de-risking both Symphony and the Superpower turbine.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "title": "Assemble first integrated 42 MW Superpower pre-production turbine", "source": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-assembly/", "targetDate": "End of 2026 (assembly); H1 2027 (operational)", "description": "Use the sprint core results to assemble a fully integrated 42 MW pre-production Superpower turbine by the end of 2026 and reach operational readiness in the first half of 2027 ahead of the first Crusoe deliveries.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "title": "Deliver first Superpower units to Crusoe", "source": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-assembly/", "targetDate": "Late 2027 (first deliveries); 2030 (4 GW/yr)", "description": "Begin handing over the first units from the 29-turbine, $1.25B+ Crusoe order in late 2027 (per CEO Blake Scholl in June 2026), then ramp Superpower production toward 1 GW in 2028, 2 GW in 2029, and 4 GW in 2030 to fund Overture development.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "title": "Hit the Greensboro Superfactory 500-employee benchmark", "source": "https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article315113958.html", "targetDate": "December 31, 2026", "description": "Boom's Piedmont Triad Airport lease allows termination if fewer than 500 people are employed at the Overture Superfactory by December 31, 2026 - against an original commitment to hire 1,761 workers at the site. With the 179,000-sq-ft hangar still yet to produce a single aircraft and largely idle, The News & Observer reported in 2026 that Boom declined to share its Greensboro headcount and that the 500-employee mark looked unlikely to be met. Hitting (or renegotiating) that benchmark remains a near-term execution gate before Overture aircraft production can credibly start.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "title": "Continue Overture aircraft and certification path", "source": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1759", "targetDate": "2027+", "description": "Keep Overture aircraft engineering, flight-deck, and supplier work advancing in parallel with the propulsion sprint so an Overture prototype rollout and certification path remain viable as Symphony hardware matures - even as the Greensboro Superfactory stays largely idle and United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has publicly put Overture's odds at roughly 50-50. Two parallel regulatory tracks now favor Overture's boomless-cruise design: the FAA's proposed rule to repeal the U.S. overland supersonic ban (published in the Federal Register July 2, 2026, comment period closed August 17, 2026, final rule still targeted mid-2027; a separate takeoff-and-landing noise rule has not yet been proposed), and the bicameral Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act, which passed the House on March 24, 2026, cleared the Senate Commerce Committee on July 22, 2026, and still awaits a full Senate floor vote as of September 20, 2026.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "title": "Deliver first Superpower turbines after Crusoe exit", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/crusoe-abandons-1-25b-plan-to-use-boom-turbines-at-ai-data-centers/", "status": "upcoming", "targetId": "19cc94fd-ee7a-56e5-bc08-1a80c55d9680", "targetDate": "About 250 MW in 2027 to unnamed sites; 1 GW company target in 2028", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-26", "milestoneId": "d7f78caa-3e2f-46c0-b804-a450a7f54f43", "targetWindow": { "label": "About 250 MW in 2027 to unnamed sites; 1 GW company target in 2028", "windowEnd": null, "windowStart": null } } ], "milestoneHistory": [], "timeline": [ { "year": 2014, "title": "Founded", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Technology", "description": "Blake Scholl, Joe Wilding, and Joshua Krall found Boom Technology in Denver, Colorado, with the vision of bringing back supersonic commercial flight.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2016, "title": "Accepted into Y Combinator", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Technology", "description": "Boom is accepted into the Y Combinator W16 batch, gaining early backing from Sam Altman and Paul Graham.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2017, "title": "Japan Airlines invests and pre-orders", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Technology", "description": "Japan Airlines invests $10 million in Boom and pre-orders up to 20 Overture aircraft, becoming the first airline customer.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2020, "title": "XB-1 demonstrator rollout", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_XB-1", "description": "Boom rolls out the XB-1, a one-third scale supersonic demonstrator aircraft designed to validate key Overture technologies.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2021, "title": "United Airlines orders 15 Overture", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Technology", "description": "United Airlines places a firm order for 15 Overture aircraft with options for 35 more, the first major U.S. airline commitment to supersonic travel.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2022, "title": "Major Overture redesign and American Airlines order", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-reveals-refined-overture-and-announces-landmark-market-expanding-alliance-with-northrop-grumman-and-new-tier-one-suppliers", "description": "Boom unveils the refined four-engine Overture design, expands key supplier relationships, teams with Northrop Grumman on special-mission variants, and secures American Airlines for 20 aircraft with 40 options.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2024, "title": "XB-1 maiden flight and Superfactory completed", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-accelerates-overture-aircraft-and-engine-development", "description": "XB-1 completes its maiden flight in March 2024, and Boom completes the Overture Superfactory in Greensboro in June, giving the company its U.S. production base for the future airliner.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2025, "title": "XB-1 completes supersonic campaign and demonstrates boomless cruise", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/boom-year-in-review-2025", "description": "XB-1 becomes the first independently developed jet to fly supersonic, then completes a second and final supersonic flight in February. The 13-flight test campaign ends with six supersonic runs and a demonstrated boomless-cruise profile before the aircraft is retired to Boom's Denver HQ.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2025, "title": "Symphony engine test site selected in Colorado", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-announces-symphony-engine-test-site-at-colorado-air-space-port", "description": "Boom selects a former hypersonic test facility at the Colorado Air and Space Port for Symphony engine testing and starts investing to prepare the site for company-owned propulsion testing.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2025, "title": "Launches Superpower and raises $300M", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-to-power-ai-data-centers-with-superpower-natural-gas-turbines-adds-300-million-in-new-funding", "description": "Boom unveils Superpower, a 42 MW natural-gas turbine for AI data centers, names Crusoe as launch customer with a 29-turbine order worth more than $1.25B, and closes a new $300M Series E round at a roughly $1.5B valuation.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "year": 2026, "title": "Baker Hughes to supply 1.3 GW of generators for Superpower", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/baker-hughes-secures-1-21-gigawatt-generator-order-to-power-boom-supersonics-ai-data-center-solution", "description": "On February 24, 2026 Baker Hughes announced an award to supply 25 BRUSH Power Generation DAX 7 generators, plus AVRs and cubicles, to pair with Boom's 42 MW Superpower turbines for the 1.21 GW Crusoe commitment. Including six generators already on order from 2025, Boom has firm orders for 31 generators totaling 1.3 GW, with deliveries scheduled from mid-2026 through 2028.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "year": 2026, "title": "Symphony engine assembly begins; 90% of effort shifts to propulsion", "source": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-assembly/", "description": "Blake Scholl announces in April 2026 that Boom is about two weeks from starting assembly of the first Symphony engine sprint core at its Colorado R&D supercenter, with the high-pressure spool (high compressor, combustor, high turbine) coming together first. Scholl says roughly 90% of company efforts are now on propulsion, with Symphony sharing about 80% of its hardware with the Superpower turbine.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "year": 2026, "title": "Greensboro Superfactory sits idle ahead of 2026 lease deadline", "source": "https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article315113958.html", "description": "Reports in March 2026 describe Boom's 179,000-sq-ft Overture Superfactory at Piedmont Triad International Airport as 'mostly quiet', with North Carolina having committed more than $50M to the project. The lease with the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority allows termination if Boom employs fewer than 500 people at the site by December 31, 2026. The News & Observer later reported that Boom declined to share its Greensboro headcount and that the 500-employee mark looked unlikely to be met, with no aircraft built or tested at the site.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "year": 2026, "title": "Targets end of 2027 for first Superpower turbine deliveries", "source": "https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/boom-supersonic-targeting-late-2027-for-first-deliveries-of-ground-turbines-ceo-says/", "description": "At the AIAA AVIATION Forum on June 11, 2026, CEO Blake Scholl said Boom is targeting the end of 2027 to ship the first five units of its 42 MW Superpower ground turbines, which are derived from the same core developed for the Symphony engine. Scholl reiterated Boom holds about $1.2 billion in orders for the natural-gas turbines, positioning Superpower as a near-term revenue line aimed at powering AI data centers ahead of Overture's entry into service.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "year": 2026, "title": "FAA proposes lifting supersonic overland ban", "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13440/enabling-supersonic-overland-flight", "description": "On June 30, 2026 the FAA released a proposed rule, 'Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight,' that would repeal the decades-old U.S. prohibition on civil flight above Mach 1 over land and replace it with a noise-based standard, permitting supersonic operation as long as sonic-boom overpressure at the surface stays at or below 0.11 pound per square foot. The notice of proposed rulemaking was published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2026 (Docket FAA-2026-6935) with a public comment period that closed August 17, 2026; a final rule remains targeted for mid-2027. The change - following a 2025 executive order - is a key regulatory tailwind for Boom, whose Overture is designed around a 'Boomless Cruise' Mach-cutoff technique that keeps the boom from reaching the ground. The FAA said a second rule setting supersonic takeoff and landing noise standards will follow later in 2026.", "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23" }, { "year": 2026, "title": "Launches the $800K Boom Prize for amateur supersonic flight", "source": "https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/aircraft-propulsion/boom-prize-amateur-supersonic-flight-aims-advance-technology", "description": "On July 17, 2026 Boom announced the Boom Prize, an $800,000 award ($750,000 cash plus $50,000 in Boom stock) for the first amateur-built, remotely piloted, air-breathing aircraft (up to 55 lb takeoff weight) to break Mach 1 twice in a single day. Free to enter and open through 2030, the contest - which grew from a $100,000 challenge CEO Blake Scholl floated on July 2 - is judged by figures including NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and is aimed at widening the pool of supersonic engineering talent and re-energizing public interest in the technology.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-24" }, { "year": 2026, "title": "Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act clears Senate committee", "source": "https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft-maintenance-technology/aircraft-technology/news/55393369/boom-supersonic-friendly-us-senate-bill-advances-to-floor-debate", "description": "Having passed the U.S. House by voice vote on March 24, 2026, the bicameral Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act (S.1759/H.R.3410) - which would direct the FAA to issue rules within a year legalizing civil supersonic flight over U.S. land as long as no sonic boom reaches the ground - was approved by the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 22, 2026 and sent to the full Senate floor. The bill runs alongside, and would codify into law, the FAA's own proposed overland supersonic rule, giving Overture's boomless-cruise design a second, legislative route to the same regulatory outcome.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-07" }, { "year": 2026, "title": "Symphony sprint-core ground tests slip toward November", "source": "https://aviationweek.com/business-aviation/aircraft-propulsion/boom-supersonic-gears-engine-prototype-core-testing", "description": "Aviation Week reported on September 8, 2026 that Boom's prototype high-pressure Symphony core is nearing completion and expected to begin ground tests at the Watkins, Colorado, facility within two months, a slip out of the original Q3 2026 first-fire window into roughly November.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20" }, { "year": 2026, "title": "Crusoe ends Superpower launch partnership", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/crusoe-abandons-1-25b-plan-to-use-boom-turbines-at-ai-data-centers/", "description": "On Sept. 25, 2026 Boom CEO Blake Scholl said Crusoe would not proceed as Superpower launch partner because turbines are no longer part of Crusoe's near-term primary power mix at Abilene and other sites. 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Scholl said Boom plans about 250 MW of Superpower deliveries next year to other sites and is targeting 1 GW in 2028.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-26" } ], "funding": [ { "date": "2016", "round": "Seed", "amount": "Undisclosed", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Technology", "investors": "Y Combinator, Sam Altman, Paul Graham", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "date": "2017", "round": "Series A", "amount": "$33M", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Technology", "investors": "Continuity Fund, RRE Ventures, Palm Drive Ventures, 8VC", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "date": "2019", "round": "Series B", "amount": "$100M", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-closes-100-million-series-b-to-develop-overture-its-revolutionary-mach-2-2-airliner", "investors": "Emerson Collective, Y Combinator Continuity, Caffeinated Capital, SV Angel", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "date": "2021", "round": "Series B Extension", "amount": "$45M", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Technology", "investors": "Prime Movers Lab, ACOF", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "date": "December 2025", "round": "Series E", "amount": "$300M (at ~$1.5B valuation)", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251209195489/en/", "investors": "Darsana Capital Partners (lead), Altimeter Capital, ARK Invest, Bessemer Venture Partners, Robinhood Ventures, Y Combinator", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-24" } ], "fundingTotal": { "label": "$478M", "rounds": 4 }, "products": [ { "name": "Overture", "image": "https://www.ventureatlas.org/products/boom-supersonic-overture.jpg", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/overture", "status": "In Development", "metrics": [ { "label": "Speed", "value": "Mach 1.7", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/overture", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "label": "Range", "value": "4,250 NM", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/overture", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "label": "Passenger Capacity", "value": "60-80", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/overture", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "label": "Cruising Altitude", "value": "60,000 ft", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/overture", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "label": "Orders & Pre-orders", "value": "130", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/overture", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" } ], "description": "Purpose-built Mach 1.7 supersonic commercial airliner designed to cut travel times in half on 600+ routes. 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Symphony propulsion is now the company's top priority and Overture aircraft work continues at a reduced share of company effort while the engine sprint core is aimed at a first ground-test cycle around November 2026.", "slug": "boom-supersonic-overture", "url": "https://www.ventureatlas.org/product/boom-supersonic-overture" }, { "name": "XB-1", "image": "https://www.ventureatlas.org/products/boom-supersonic-xb-1.jpg", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1", "status": "Retired", "metrics": [ { "label": "Top Speed Achieved", "value": "Mach 1.18", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "label": "First Supersonic Flight", "value": "January 28, 2025", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-achieves-supersonic-flight", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "label": "Total Test Flights", "value": "13", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "label": "Engines", "value": "3 × General Electric J85-15", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/newsroom/media-assets/fact-sheet", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" } ], "description": "One-third scale supersonic technology demonstrator that validated the core aerodynamic, structural, and flight-control concepts behind Overture. XB-1 became the first independently developed jet to fly supersonic and completed Boom's full test campaign in early 2025.", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11", "statusDetail": "The program concluded after 13 successful flights and six supersonic runs. Boom retired the aircraft to its Denver headquarters after the second and final supersonic flight in February 2025.", "slug": "boom-supersonic-xb-1", "url": "https://www.ventureatlas.org/product/boom-supersonic-xb-1" }, { "name": "Superpower", "image": "https://www.ventureatlas.org/products/boom-supersonic-superpower.jpg", "source": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-assembly/", "status": "Pre-production", "metrics": [ { "label": "Power Output", "value": "42 MW", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/superpower", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-07" }, { "label": "Launch Order", "value": "29 turbines / 1.21 GW (Crusoe)", "source": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/crusoe-orders-121gw-of-natural-gas-turbines-from-prototype-airliner-co-boom-supersonic/", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-07" }, { "label": "Operating Profile", "value": "Waterless; full output above 110°F", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/superpower", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "label": "Fuel", "value": "Natural gas with backup diesel", "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/superpower", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-11" }, { "label": "Symphony Hardware Commonality", "value": "~80%", "source": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-assembly/", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-07" }, { "label": "First Deliveries", "value": "Late 2027 (Crusoe)", "source": "https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/boom-supersonic-targeting-late-2027-for-first-deliveries-of-ground-turbines-ceo-says/", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-07" }, { "label": "Production Ramp Plan", "value": "1 GW (2028) → 2 GW (2029) → 4 GW (2030)", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/boom-supersonic-raises-300m-to-build-natural-gas-turbines-for-crusoe-data-centers/", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-07" } ], "description": "42 MW natural-gas turbine derived from the same core engine technology as Symphony, with about 80% hardware commonality. Superpower is designed for AI data centers and other onsite power applications, emphasizing waterless operation and strong output in hot, dry environments.", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20", "statusDetail": "Boom revealed Superpower in December 2025 with Crusoe as launch customer for 29 turbines worth $1.25B+. Aviation Week reported on September 8, 2026 that the shared Symphony sprint core is nearing completion and expected to begin ground tests at Watkins, Colorado, within two months, a slip out of the original Q3 2026 window into roughly November, ahead of end-2026 assembly of a fully integrated 42 MW pre-production turbine and operational readiness in H1 2027. First customer deliveries to Crusoe are targeted for late 2027. Baker Hughes is supplying 31 generators totaling 1.3 GW to pair with the turbines.", "slug": "boom-supersonic-superpower", "url": "https://www.ventureatlas.org/product/boom-supersonic-superpower" } ], "subsidiaries": [], "overview": { "lastUpdated": "2026-07-06", "url": "https://www.ventureatlas.org/company/boom-supersonic/overview", "sections": [ { "source": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-assembly/", "heading": "The thesis: a supersonic dream funded by a power-generation pivot", "paragraphs": [ "Boom Supersonic was founded on a single audacious bet - that commercial supersonic travel, dormant since Concorde's 2003 retirement, could be revived at business-class economics rather than as a subsidized status symbol. Its Overture airliner is designed to cross the Atlantic in half the time on more than 600 routes. The problem Boom has spent a decade wrestling with is not aerodynamics but propulsion: no major engine maker was willing to build a supersonic engine for a startup, forcing Boom to develop its own, Symphony.", "That constraint has become the company's most interesting strategic move. In late 2025 Boom realized the core of the Symphony engine could be repackaged as a stationary industrial gas turbine, Superpower, aimed squarely at the AI data-center power crunch. By April 2026, CEO Blake Scholl said roughly 90% of company effort had shifted onto propulsion, with Symphony and Superpower sharing about 80% of their hardware. The result is a company that is now, in the near term, as much an energy-equipment startup as an aircraft manufacturer - using turbine revenue to fund the far more capital-intensive airliner it was created to build." ] }, { "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/boom-year-in-review-2025", "heading": "From Y Combinator to the first independent supersonic jet", "paragraphs": [ "Blake Scholl, Joe Wilding, and Joshua Krall founded Boom Technology in Denver in 2014 and were accepted into Y Combinator's W16 batch, drawing early backing from Sam Altman and Paul Graham. Japan Airlines became the first airline customer in 2017 with a $10M investment and pre-orders for up to 20 Overture aircraft, and United Airlines and American Airlines followed with orders that built the book to 130 aircraft.", "The company's credibility rests heavily on XB-1, a one-third-scale demonstrator that in January 2025 became the first independently developed jet to fly supersonic. Over a 13-flight campaign that produced six supersonic runs, XB-1 validated Overture's core aerodynamics and - critically - demonstrated a 'boomless cruise' profile in which the sonic boom refracts away before reaching the ground. XB-1 was retired to Boom's Denver headquarters after its final supersonic flight in February 2025, having proven the concept but leaving the far harder full-scale aircraft and its engine still ahead." ] }, { "source": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-assembly/", "heading": "Symphony: building an engine no one else would", "paragraphs": [ "Symphony is a bespoke supersonic turbofan Boom was forced to develop in-house after engine incumbents declined to serve the program. In 2025 the company selected a former hypersonic test facility at the Colorado Air and Space Port for company-owned propulsion testing and began preparing its Colorado R&D supercenter to assemble the first engine.", "As of spring 2026, Boom said it was roughly two weeks from starting assembly of the first Symphony 'sprint core' - the high-pressure spool combining the high compressor, combustor, and high turbine, which come together first because they are the hardest and highest-risk components. A full sprint-core test cycle is targeted for the third quarter of 2026. Successfully lighting and running that core is the single most important technical gate in front of the company, because it de-risks both the airliner engine and the turbine business simultaneously." ] }, { "source": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/crusoe-orders-121gw-of-natural-gas-turbines-from-prototype-airliner-co-boom-supersonic/", "heading": "Superpower: turning a jet core into a data-center turbine", "paragraphs": [ "Revealed in December 2025, Superpower is a 42 MW natural-gas turbine derived from the Symphony core, sharing roughly 80% of its hardware. Its pitch to hyperscalers is operational: where legacy turbines lose 20-30% of output at 110°F, Boom says Superpower holds full 42 MW output without derating and without water - attributes that matter for AI data centers being built in hot, arid regions where grid power and cooling water are scarce.", "Energy-infrastructure operator Crusoe signed on as launch customer with an order for 29 turbines representing 1.21 GW of capacity, a backlog Boom values at more than $1.25 billion. CEO Blake Scholl told the AIAA AVIATION Forum in June 2026 that the first five units are targeted to ship by the end of 2027, with a production ramp aiming at 1 GW in 2028, 2 GW in 2029, and 4 GW by 2030. If it holds, Superpower would give Boom its first real revenue years before Overture could ever carry a paying passenger." ] }, { "source": "https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-to-power-ai-data-centers-with-superpower-natural-gas-turbines-adds-300-million-in-new-funding", "heading": "Funding, order book, and the business model", "paragraphs": [ "Boom has raised close to $1 billion across its life, from a 2016 Y Combinator seed through a $100M Series B in 2019 to a $300M round closed in December 2025 alongside the Superpower launch, backed by Darsana Capital Partners, Altimeter Capital, ARK Invest, Bessemer Venture Partners, Robinhood Ventures, and Y Combinator. The company remains private and pre-revenue in aviation.", "Its revenue story now runs in two phases. Near term, Superpower turbines are meant to generate cash from the AI power market, converting a $1.25B+ backlog into deliveries starting in late 2027. Long term, the airliner business rests on a 130-aircraft Overture order book from American (20 firm, 40 options), United (15 firm, 35 options), and Japan Airlines (20 options), plus government and special-mission work pursued with Northrop Grumman. The elegance - and the risk - is that both businesses depend on the same engine core succeeding." ] }, { "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-13440/enabling-supersonic-overland-flight", "heading": "The Greensboro bind and a regulatory tailwind", "paragraphs": [ "Boom's pivot has left a conspicuous piece of infrastructure stranded. The $50M-plus Overture 'Superfactory' at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina - a 179,000-sq-ft plant completed in 2024 - sat largely idle through 2026, described in local reporting as a 'ghost hangar.' The lease with the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority permits termination if Boom employs fewer than 500 people at the site by December 31, 2026, against an original commitment to hire 1,761 workers. That deadline is now a near-term execution and credibility test the company must hit or renegotiate.", "Working the other way is a major regulatory shift. On June 30, 2026 the FAA proposed 'Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight,' a rule that would repeal the decades-old U.S. ban on civil flight above Mach 1 over land and replace it with a noise-based standard allowing supersonic operation as long as ground-level sonic-boom overpressure stays at or below 0.11 psf. Because Overture is designed around exactly this boomless-cruise, Mach-cutoff technique, the proposal - following a 2025 executive order - removes the single biggest structural obstacle to a viable U.S. supersonic route network. A follow-on rule on takeoff and landing noise is expected later in 2026." ] }, { "source": "https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/boom-supersonic-targeting-late-2027-for-first-deliveries-of-ground-turbines-ceo-says/", "heading": "What to watch next", "paragraphs": [ "The next twelve months are propulsion-defined. The gating event is the Q3 2026 Symphony sprint-core test: if the high-pressure core lights and runs cleanly, Boom validates the heart of both Superpower and Overture at once; if it slips or fails, both timelines move. Watch for assembly of a fully integrated 42 MW pre-production turbine by the end of 2026, operational readiness in the first half of 2027, and the first Crusoe deliveries in late 2027 - the moment Boom would finally book turbine revenue.", "Two softer signals will show whether the aircraft dream survives the detour. First, the December 31, 2026 Greensboro headcount deadline: hiring toward 500 workers would signal Overture is genuinely restarting, while a quiet lease exit would confirm the airliner has been deferred. Second, airline conviction - United CEO Scott Kirby has publicly put Overture's odds at roughly 50-50, a candid reminder that even Boom's own customers see the supersonic airliner as a coin flip that the turbine business is now being asked to bankroll." ] } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boom-supersonic-symphony-engine-assembly/", "name": "Aerospace Global News - Symphony sprint core assembly & 90% propulsion focus" }, { "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/crusoe-orders-121gw-of-natural-gas-turbines-from-prototype-airliner-co-boom-supersonic/", "name": "DataCenterDynamics - Crusoe orders 1.21 GW of Superpower turbines" }, { "url": "https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-to-power-ai-data-centers-with-superpower-natural-gas-turbines-adds-300-million-in-new-funding", "name": "Boom Supersonic - Superpower launch & $300M funding" }, { "url": "https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/boom-supersonic-targeting-late-2027-for-first-deliveries-of-ground-turbines-ceo-says/", "name": "Aerospace America (AIAA) - Late-2027 first turbine deliveries" }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-13440/enabling-supersonic-overland-flight", "name": "Federal Register - FAA 'Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight' proposed rule" }, { "url": "https://businessnc.com/nc-trend-boom-supersonic/", "name": "Business North Carolina - Greensboro Superfactory & 500-employee lease deadline" }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Technology", "name": "Wikipedia - Boom Technology (history & funding)" } ] }, "news": [ { "slug": "2026-09-25-boom-crusoe-turbine-deal-ends", "date": "2026-09-26", "publishedAt": "2026-09-26T00:00:00+00:00", "title": "Crusoe drops $1.25B Boom Superpower turbine launch order", "summary": "Boom CEO Blake Scholl said on Sept. 25 that Crusoe is no longer the launch partner for Superpower, Boom's 42 MW data-center turbine, because turbines are no longer part of Crusoe's near-term power mix at Abilene and other sites. Crusoe had been described as ordering 29 turbines worth $1.25 billion with first deliveries in 2027; Crusoe confirmed to TechCrunch it is no longer doing business with Boom. Scholl said Boom still expects to deliver about 250 MW of Superpowers next year to other unnamed sites and is targeting 1 GW in 2028.", "companySlugs": [ "boom-supersonic" ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/crusoe-abandons-1-25b-plan-to-use-boom-turbines-at-ai-data-centers/", "name": "techcrunch.com" } ] }, { "slug": "2026-07-02-faa-proposes-supersonic-overland-rule", "date": "2026-07-02", "publishedAt": "2026-07-02T00:00:00+00:00", "title": "FAA proposes lifting decades-old supersonic overland ban", "summary": "The FAA released a proposed rule, 'Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight,' on June 30 that would repeal the longstanding U.S. prohibition on civil flight above Mach 1 over land and replace it with a noise-based standard, allowing supersonic operation as long as sonic-boom overpressure at the surface stays at or below 0.11 pound per square foot. The move follows a 2025 executive order and is a regulatory tailwind for developers such as Boom Supersonic, whose Overture jet is designed around a 'Boomless Cruise' Mach-cutoff technique. The FAA said it plans a second rule later this year setting takeoff and landing noise standards for supersonic aircraft.", "companySlugs": [ "boom-supersonic" ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-13440/enabling-supersonic-overland-flight", "name": "Federal Register" }, { "url": "https://lynnwoodtimes.com/2026/06/30/supersonic-flight/", "name": "Lynnwood Times" } ] }, { "slug": "2026-06-12-boom-supersonic-superpower-turbines-ai", "date": "2026-06-12", "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T00:00:00+00:00", "title": "Boom targets late 2027 for first AI-data-center power turbines", "summary": "Boom Supersonic is targeting the end of 2027 to ship the first five units of its Superpower ground turbines, founder and CEO Blake Scholl said at the AIAA AVIATION Forum on June 11. Each Superpower generates 42 megawatts - which Boom argues is enough to power the AI data centers being built across the U.S. - and the units are derived from the same core the company developed for the Symphony engines that will power its Overture supersonic airliner. Boom says it already holds about $1.2 billion in orders for the natural-gas turbines, an adjacent business line that monetizes its propulsion R&D ahead of Overture's entry into service.", "companySlugs": [ "boom-supersonic" ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/boom-supersonic-targeting-late-2027-for-first-deliveries-of-ground-turbines-ceo-says/", "name": "Aerospace America (AIAA)" } ] }, { "slug": "2026-06-07-x59-first-supersonic-flight", "date": "2026-06-07", "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T00:00:00+00:00", "title": "NASA X-59 breaks sound barrier, clearing way for Boom's overland plans", "summary": "NASA's Lockheed Martin-built X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first supersonic flight at Edwards Air Force Base on June 5, with test pilot Jim 'Clue' Less hitting Mach 1.1 (~713 mph) at 43,400 feet during an 81-minute sortie. The milestone produces the first real flight data NASA needs to seed an FAA and ICAO 'quiet thump' noise standard - the same regulatory pathway Boom Supersonic's Overture needs to fly cross-country routes - and lands as the House-passed Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act presses the FAA to revisit the 1973 overland supersonic ban.", "companySlugs": [ "boom-supersonic" ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-first-supersonic-flight/", "name": "NASA" }, { "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-x-59-plane-goes-supersonic-for-the-first-time/", "name": "Scientific American" }, { "url": "https://www.space.com/technology/aerospace/going-supersonic-nasas-x-59-jet-breaks-sound-barrier-for-the-1st-time", "name": "Space.com" } ] } ] } }