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Boom Technology, Inc. (trade name Boom Supersonic) is an American company designing a supersonic airliner named the Overture. [2] The company is also flight-testing their one-third-scale demonstrator: the Boom XB-1 Baby Boom .
The Boom Overture is a supersonic airliner under development by Boom Technology, designed to cruise at Mach 1.7 or 975 knots (1,806 km/h; 1,122 mph). It will accommodate 64 to 80 passengers, depending on the configuration, and have a range of 4,250 nautical miles (7,870 km; 4,890 mi). Boom Technology aims to introduce the Overture in 2029. [2]
In its effort to revitalize the supersonic commercial industry, dormant since the Concorde last flew in 2003, Colorado-based Boom has picked North Carolina as a hub.
Hoping to revive faster-than-sound passenger travel, Boom Supersonic aims to manufacturer a fleet of jets at the Greensboro airport.
The XB-1 Baby Boom is 68 feet (21 m) long with a 17 ft (5.2 m) wingspan and a 13,500-pound (6,100 kg) maximum take-off weight. Powered by three J85-15 engines with variable geometry inlets and exhaust, the prototype should be able to sustain Mach 2.2 with more than 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of range. [ 4 ]
Boom Supersonic wants to bring Mach 1.7 air travel to the masses by the 2030s. Its ambitions are huge – but how achieveable are they? ... The Colorado-based company aims to reintroduce ...
The only commercial supersonic aircraft to exist didn’t last. Boom says it has the answer Concorde lacked. Forget the Concorde: Why Boom Supersonic believes its NC flight dreams will be different
See which airlines are lining up to buy the future supersonic jets, which Boom says can cruise twice as fast as modern passenger jets.