Boom Technology

Boom Technology

Boom Technology is an American startup company designing a Mach 2.2 (1,300 kn; 2,300 km/h) 55-passenger supersonic transport with 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) of range, to be introduced in 2023. After being incubated by Y Combinator in 2016, it raised $51 million of venture capital in 2017. The Boom XB-1 Baby Boom one-third-scale demonstrator should be flight tested in 2019. With 500 viable routes, there could be a market for 1,000 supersonic airliners with business class fares. It had gathered 76 commitments by December 2017. It would keep the Concorde delta wing configuration but would be built with composite materials for lower cost of operation. It would be powered by three dry 15,000–20,000 lbf (67–89 kN) turbofans; a derivative or a clean-sheet design will be selected in 2018. Regulations for takeoff noise or overland boom can be met or changed.

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