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- acquire
- technology advances will help lower operating costs
- make cheaper tickets possibleBoom Technologies acquired Japan Airlines (JAL) as a strategic investor in its supersonic passenger airliner program, boosting announced funding to more than $50 million and securing a partner that operates in the heart of its target market. The company has also expressed confidence that technology advances will help lower operating costs even further, making cheaper tickets possible.
- international rules banning supersonic flight over land will be lifted as technology diminishes the effects of sonic booms that limited Concorde to subsonic speeds over land
- sonic booms would affect populations en route
It also expects international rules banning supersonic flight over land will be lifted as technology diminishes the effects of sonic booms that limited Concorde to subsonic speeds over land. Honeywell and NASA recently completed tests that integrated predictive software and display technology into cockpits to show pilots how sonic booms would affect populations en route. Adopting such strategies could minimize the disruption cause by an overland supersonic flight.
- reach next major milestone
- complete preliminary design stage
- match the specification for the full-scale aircraft
Boom expects to reach its next major milestone with completion of a one-third-scale demonstrator, the XB-1. Earlier this year the company completed preliminary design test General Electric J85-21-powered aircraft and expects to begin flight tests late in 2018. Its cruise speed target of Mach 2.2 matches the specification for the full-scale aircraft.
Aviation Technology/ Aviation Future
