Boom Supersonic's Overture flying among clouds.
Boom Supersonic is developing a faster-than-sound passenger jetliner, but it has a laundry list of challenges to overcome.
  • Aerospace company Boom Supersonic is working to develop a new supersonic passenger jet. 
  • The Overture is designed to carry 88 people and fly across the Atlantic in less than four hours. 
  • Some experts say the production timeline and the commercial viability of the Overture are ambitious.

Colorado aerospace company Boom Supersonic is building the world's latest faster-than-sound passenger plane, called the Overture.