Boom Supersonic
Company Information
- Founder & CEO:
- Blake Scholl
- Year Founded:
- 2014
- Headquarters:
- Denver, CO
- Manufacturing Site:
- Greensboro, NC
- Funding:
- $600M from investment
- Select Investors:
- Bessemer Venture Partners, Y combinator, Alex Gerko, Michael Moritz, Paul Graham, Reid Hoffman, Sam Altman, Emerson Collective, American Express
Overture: The World’s Fastest Airliner – Optimized for Speed, Safety, and Sustainability
Specifications
- Capacity:
- 64-80 passengers
- Sustainability:
- Optimized for 100% SAF
- Cruising Altitude:
- 60,000 feet
- Profitable Routes
- 600+
- Length:
- 201 feet
- Wingspan:
- 106 feet
- Speed:
- Mach 1.7
- Max Range:
- 4250 NM (7,871 KM)
Airlines
- Order Book
- Overture’s order book stands at 130 aircraft, including orders and pre-orders from American Airlines, United Airlines, and Japan Airlines.
- American Airlines
- American Airlines made a deposit on up to 20 aircraft, with an option for 40 more, in August 2022. With this order, American is poised to have the world’s largest supersonic fleet.
- United Airlines
- In June 2021, United became the first U.S. airline to sign an aircraft purchase agreement with Boom Supersonic.
- Japan Airlines
- In 2017, Japan Airlines (JAL) and Boom announced a strategic partnership to bring commercial supersonic travel to passengers.
High-speed Government Transport
- Northrop Grumman
- Collaborating to adapt Overture for government and military missions.
- U.S. Air Force
- Teaming on R&D to accelerate Overture supersonic capabilities.
Global Tier-1 Suppliers
- Universal Avionics
- Overture’s external vision system supplier, providing aircraft cameras, synthetic digital environments, and flight data during takeoff and landing through a head-worn device.
- Honeywell
- Overture’s integrated flight deck and avionics platform supplier.
- Latecoere
- Overture and Symphony’s electrical wiring interconnect system (EWIS) architecture supplier.
- Aernnova
- Overture’s wing supplier.
- Leonardo
- Overture’s primary engineering lead for fuselage structural components integration, design and build partner for fuselage sections.
- Aciturri
- Overture’s empennage supplier.
- Collins Aerospace
- Overture ice protection and air data systems collaboration.
- Eaton
- Hydraulic system analysis and design as well as fuel and inerting systems collaboration.
- Safran
- Overture’s landing gear system and controls supplier.
Overture Superfactory: The first Supersonic Airliner Factory in the United States
Final Assembly Line for Overture
- The first assembly line will produce 33 Overture supersonic aircraft annually. A planned second assembly line will double aircraft production to 66 each year.
Milestones
- 2022
- Site Selection: Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, NC
- 2023
- Groundbreaking
- 2024
- Construction Completion
XB-1: The World’s First Independently Developed Supersonic Jet
XB-1 is a piloted demonstrator aircraft built to prove key technologies and materials for efficient supersonic flight.
Specifications
- Engine
- 3 GE J85-15 Engines
- Max thrust
- 12,300 pounds of force (lbf)
- Length
- 62.6 feet
- Wingspan
- 21 feet
Milestones
- 2020
- Rollout
- 2021
- Systems integration
- 2022
- Ground testing in Centennial, CO
- 2023
- Relocation and ground testing in Mojave, CA
- 2024
- XB-1 completes 10 test flights in Mojave, CA
Symphony™: The purpose-built Turbofan Optimized for Supersonic Flight
Symphony is optimized for up to 100% SAF to enable net zero carbon operation.
Key Engine Features
- 35,000 lb thrust
- 72” fan
- Hollow-core fan blades
- Medium bypass ratio
- Additive manufacturing
- 25% more time on wing*
- 10% lower operating cost*
- 100% SAF compatible
- ICAO Chapter 14 noise levels
- FAA Part 33 / EASA CS-E compliant
*When compared to derivative approaches
Partners & Suppliers
- Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT)
- Symphony engine design and lead partner on the initial production units for ground test, flight test, and certification.
- Colibrium Additive
- Providing additive technology design consulting for Symphony.
- StandardAero
- StandardAero is Boom’s engine production and MRO supplier. StandardAero will assemble and test Symphony engines at its facility in San Antonio, Texas.
- ATI
- Advanced high-temperature materials and components for Symphony’s high pressure compressor integrated blade and disk stages and for its turbine assembly.
Sustainability: Accelerating the Path to Sustainable Supersonic Travel
Boom’s comprehensive sustainability efforts include mobilizing our value chain, collaborating with stakeholders across the global travel ecosystem, and leading advocacy to set new standards for travel.
Sustainability Efforts
- Carbon Neutral in 2021
- Accounting for emissions across scopes 1, 2, and 3, Boom achieved carbon neutrality in 2021 through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction initiatives and high-quality carbon credits.
- SAF Offtake Agreements
- Boom is building for a future of 100% sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) by partnering with Dimensional Energy and AIR COMPANY, suppliers of net zero carbon SAF. To date, Boom has secured 10 million gallons of SAF per year through the duration of the Overture flight test program.
- Advancing SAF
- Boom takes a two-pronged approach to advance SAF: Participating in industry efforts to rapidly scale drop-in 100% SAF, and accelerating the development of future pathways and fuel specifications that will provide greater long-term benefits.
