A new generation of companies, including Boom Supersonic, aims to combine new ideas, technology and a commercial approach to develop more profitable trips at supersonic speeds. The importance of Tuesday’s flight is that it marks the first time that one of these companies has built and flew its own vehicle above the speed of sound.
Now in the real
Although this is an important and remarkable step, this flight was the culmination of 11 successful test flights of the XB-1 since March 2024, it is only one step along the way to the development and operation of a commercially successful supersonic plane . Now Boom must build the real.
The company said that demonstrator XB-1 validates many of the key technologies that will be incorporated into the overture, including carbon fiber compounds, increased digital stability and supersonic intakes. However, the overture will have a different propulsion system called Symphony. The company is working with several partners, including Florida turbine technologies for motor design, the ge GE additive for additive technology design consulting and standardaero for maintenance to develop the engine.
There seems to be a lot of demand in the air travel industry for a company that can develop and deliver supersonic airplanes to the market.
Boom Supersonic said he has received 130 orders and early orders from American Airlines, United Airlines and Japan Airlines for overture planes. In 2024, Boom said he completed the construction of the “Superfactory” overture in Greensboro, North Carolina, which will scale to produce 66 overture planes per year. Boom hopes to start delivering those orders before the end of the decade.