Boom Supersonic unveils new ‘symphony’ engine
Boom Supersonic unveiled its new engine that will be used for the jets it plans to manufacture in Greensboro.
The company made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. The company has been in search of a partner to develop its carbon-neutral engine for the jets, and they've found three to assist in manufacture and design.
"To GE additive, which is part of JD aerospace, to standard aero, which is the best maintainer of engines in the world," said Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl. "So we are we are super proud of this team."
The engine is called “symphony.” It will eliminate maintenance and costs by adding 25% more time to the wing. That means the engine can keep the plane flying for longer before it needs to come down from the air. The engine will also reduce costs of Supersonic flights by 10% which will benefit customers. They say it will be the first supersonic engine in the world, an advancement over current sub-sonic engines.
"We said, let's take a fresh look at what a fresh approach would be," Scholl said. "And the more we understood the subsonic world, the more we realized that there would be a significant benefit and being willing to think differently."
It’s been less than a year since its first major announcement about building its manufacturing facility for the Supersonic passenger jet at the Piedmont International Airport.
The company plans to invest $500 million and bring an estimated 2,400 jobs to the area. Construction has already begun on the plant. Scholl also said it's too early to determine how many jobs will be created by the Symphony Engine.
"I expect this to be a significant number of high-quality jobs," he said. "Both on the engineering side, as well as on the technical side for assembling the engine and then maintaining it all around the world."
The goal is for production to start in 2024 and for its first jets in the air by 2029.