Boom Technology
File:Boom Technology logo.png | |
Industry | Aerospace |
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Founded | 2014 |
Headquarters | Denver, Colorado |
Key people
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Blake Scholl, Co-founder and Chief executive Joe Wilding, Co-founder and Chief Engineer Josh Krall, Co-founder and CTO |
Products | Supersonic aircraft production |
Website | www |
Boom Technology is a startup company aiming to create a 40-passenger civilian supersonic transport. The Denver-based company was founded in 2014 by Blake Scholl.[1] They are designing a supersonic aircraft to travel up to Mach 2.2 (1,451 mph, 1,261 kn, 2,335 km/h) which would be New York to London in 3 hours and 24 minutes, at a proposed round trip cost of $5,000.[1] The company participated in a Y Combinator startup incubation program in early 2016, and has been funded by Y Combinator, Sam Altman, Seraph Group, Eight Partners, and others.[2]
As of March 2016, the company has concept drawings and wooden mockups of the aircraft, with an aim of a flight-ready one-third-scale technology demonstrator by early 2017.[3]
Richard Branson confirmed options for 10 aircraft for Virgin Atlantic; in addition, Virgin Galactic's subsidiary, The Spaceship Company, will play a role in manufacturing and testing.[4][2]
Boom also says they have options for an additional 15 aircraft to a European carrier that it declined to name, bringing the total value of options to $5 billion.[5]
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Aerion AS2
- HyperMach SonicStar
- SAI Quiet Supersonic Transport
- Spike S-512
- Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21
- Tupolev Tu-444
- Related lists
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