Supersonic Airliner
Twice the speed of today's airliners, flying high enough to see the curvature of the Earth.
Passenger Experience
At 60,000 feet, Overture flies above other commercial aircraft and above most turbulence. That makes supersonic flight smoother than what you're used to.
Passenger Experience
Overture's all-premium cabin delivers ample room to relax or focus with large windows, premium materials, and next-gen in-flight connectivity and interactivity—all with fares similar to today's business class.
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Engineering
In January 2025, XB-1 became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. Its carbon fiber composites, digitally-optimized aerodynamics and supersonic intakes are the foundation Overture is built on.
Materials
Each layer is laid at its own angle (0°, 45°, 90°) so the airframe carries load along the paths it actually flows, at a fraction of the weight of metal.
Down to the Silicon
XB-1 flew with an augmented reality vision system and aerodynamics refined in simulation. Overture carries those learnings forward, with computation at the heart of a supersonic airliner.
Propulsion
Designed and built by Boom, for Overture. A medium-bypass turbofan with no afterburner, so takeoff sounds like today's long-haul airliners, not Concorde.
Supersonic
Mach 1.70
Shock cone half-angle μ = asin(1/M) = 36.0°
Over water, Overture cruises at Mach 1.7: twice the speed of today's airliners, cutting flight times in half across more than 600 global routes.
Boomless Cruise
Using Mach cutoff physics, the sonic boom refracts upward through the atmosphere, the way light bends in water, and never reaches the ground. Over land, that means flights 40–50% faster. San Francisco to New York in 3 h 25 min.
130 Orders & Pre-orders
United Airlines, American Airlines, and Japan Airlines have orders and pre-orders of Overture to fly within their fleets.
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