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How Boom Supersonic uses software to accelerate hardware development
Move fast and don't break (safety critical) things How Boom Supersonic uses software to accelerate hardware development Blake Scholl Aug 10, 2025 114 11 17 Share First in a series on lessons learned at Boom on how to develop hardware quickly and efficiently XB-1 is the world’s first independently-developed supersonic jet, breaking the sound barrier for the first time in January, 2025. It was designed, built, and flown successfully by a team of just 50 people—compared to the hundreds or even thousands that would have been employed by a traditional big aerospace company. And we did this with rou
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