'New Concorde' prototype jet breaks sound barrier

A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to achieve the feat since the British-French supersonic airliner, which was retired in 2003.

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier for the first time over the Mojave Desert in California.

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