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Boom Supersonic

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Company Information

Founder & CEO:
Blake Scholl
Year Founded:
2014
Headquarters:
Denver, CO
Manufacturing Site:
Greensboro, NC
Funding:
Over $600M from investment
Select Investors:
Bessemer Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Alex Gerko, Michael Moritz, Paul Graham, Reid Hoffman, Sam Altman, Emerson Collective
Boom Supersonic Overture Boom Supersonic Overture

Overture: The World’s Fastest Airliner – Optimized for Speed, Safety, and Sustainability

Specifications

Capacity:
60-80 passengers
Sustainability:
Optimized for up to 100% SAF
Cruising Altitude:
60,000 feet
Profitable Routes
600+
Length:
201 feet
Wingspan:
106 feet
Speed:
Mach 1.7
Max Range:
4,250 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 for 15 aircraft with an option for 35 more.
Japan Airlines
In 2017, Japan Airlines (JAL) and Boom announced a strategic partnership to bring commercial supersonic travel to passengers with an option for 20 aircraft.

Global Tier-1 Suppliers

Aciturri
Overture’s empennage supplier.
Advanced Integration Technology (AIT)
Tooling and automation supplier for Overture Superfactory.
Aernnova
Overture’s wing supplier.
Eaton
Hydraulic system analysis and design as well as fuel and inerting systems collaboration.
Honeywell
Overture’s integrated flight deck and avionics platform supplier.
Latecoere
Overture and Symphony’s electrical wiring interconnect system (EWIS) architecture supplier.
Leonardo
Overture’s primary engineering lead for fuselage structural components integration, design and build partner for fuselage sections.
Safran
Overture’s landing gear system and controls supplier.
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.

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 Boom’s technology demonstrator aircraft and the first civil supersonic jet built in America. First taking flight in March 2024, XB-1 completed a series of flight tests in Mojave, CA, culminating in successful supersonic test flights in January and February 2025.

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
2025
XB-1 achieves supersonic flight in Mojave, CA
2025
Boom partners with NASA to capture Schlieren imagery of XB-1 breaking the sound barrier
2025
XB-1 demonstrates Mach cutoff, breaking the sound barrier six times without creating an audible sonic boom
2025
XB-1 flight test program concludes, following 13 successful test flights and six supersonic runs
2025
XB-1 comes home to Boom HQ in Denver, CO
Symphony™: The Boom-developed sustainable and cost-efficient engine for Overture. Symphony™: The Boom-developed sustainable and cost-efficient engine for Overture.

Symphony™: The purpose-built Turbofan Optimized for Supersonic Flight

Key Engine Features

  • 40,000 lb thrust class
  • 72” diameter hollow-core fan blades
  • Medium bypass ratio
  • Vertically integrated manufacturing
  • Compatible with up to 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
  • Compliant with global noise standards
  • FAA Part 33 / EASA CS-E certified

Engine Architecture & Dimensions

  • Overall size: 42 ft length × 84 in diameter
  • 12 ft supersonic inlet with auxiliary intake
  • 11 ft turbofan
  • 19 ft variable-geometry exhaust with integrated thrust reverser

Turbomachinery Configuration

  • Single stage fan
  • Three stage low-pressure compressor (LPC)
  • Six stage high-pressure compressor (HPC)
  • Single stage high pressure turbine (HPT)
  • Three stage low-pressure turbine (LPT)

Partners & Suppliers

ATI
Advanced high-temperature materials and components for Symphony’s high pressure compressor integrated blade and disk stages and for its turbine assembly.
Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT)
Symphony engine design and lead partner on the initial production units for ground test, flight test, and certification.
StandardAero
StandardAero is Boom’s engine production and MRO supplier. StandardAero will assemble and test Symphony engines at its facility in San Antonio, Texas.

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