Boom Technology

Boom Technology, Inc.
Industry Aerospace
Founded 2014
Headquarters Denver, Colorado
Key people
 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.aero

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
Related lists

References

  1. 1 2 Vance, Ashlee (21 March 2016). "This Aerospace Company Wants to Bring Supersonic Civilian Travel Back". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Kokalitcheva, Kia (23 March 2016). "This Startup Is Developing Supersonic Planes for Virgin Group". Fortune. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Szondy, David (March 22, 2016). "Can Boom bring back supersonic flight without the astronomical price tag?". Gizmodo. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sir Richard Branson confirms Virgin has options to buy 10 supersonic Boom jets". Mail Online. 24 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Boom, the startup that wants to build supersonic planes, just signed a massive deal with Virgin". TechCrunch. AOL. 23 March 2016.

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