Boom Supersonic teams with Flight Research to trial XB-1 technology demonstrator
Supersonic aircraft developer Boom has partnered with US training support and services company Flight Research (FRI) to test its XB-1 technology demonstrator in a supersonic corridor stretching across the Mojave Desert. Construction of the XB-1 is now under way at Boom’s facility in Denver, Colorado, and flight testing is scheduled to begin later this year. The demonstrator will be used to test and refine the final design of Boom’s Mach 2.2 commercial aircraft, called Overture, which is expected to enter service in the mid-2020s. Boom will also create what it calls a “custom state-of-the-art space” at FRI’s Mojave base to support the XB-1. This includes a fully instrumented flight-test control room and an XB-1 simulator room. <br/>
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Boom Supersonic teams with Flight Research to trial XB-1 technology demonstrator
Supersonic aircraft developer Boom has partnered with US training support and services company Flight Research (FRI) to test its XB-1 technology demonstrator in a supersonic corridor stretching across the Mojave Desert. Construction of the XB-1 is now under way at Boom’s facility in Denver, Colorado, and flight testing is scheduled to begin later this year. The demonstrator will be used to test and refine the final design of Boom’s Mach 2.2 commercial aircraft, called Overture, which is expected to enter service in the mid-2020s. Boom will also create what it calls a “custom state-of-the-art space” at FRI’s Mojave base to support the XB-1. This includes a fully instrumented flight-test control room and an XB-1 simulator room. <br/>
