Boom Supersonic

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 funding round.

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.

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.

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.

Boom rolls out the XB-1, a one-third scale supersonic demonstrator aircraft designed to validate key Overture technologies.

Japan Airlines invests $10 million in Boom and pre-orders up to 20 Overture aircraft, becoming the first airline customer.

Boom is accepted into the Y Combinator W16 batch, gaining early backing from Sam Altman and Paul Graham.

Blake Scholl, Joe Wilding, and Joshua Krall found Boom Technology in Denver, Colorado, with the vision of bringing back supersonic commercial flight.