Boom, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, optimised for speed, safety and sustainability, has signed an agreement with Collins Aerospace on the Overture programme at the Farnborough International Airshow. Carrying 65–80 passengers at twice the speed of today’s airliners and running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), Overture will fly Mach 1.7 over water with a range of 4,250 nautical miles.
Under the new agreement between the two companies, Collins will assist Boom in the evaluation and development of major aircraft systems and components for Overture. Engineers at Collins and Boom will perform aerodynamic analysis to evaluate Overture’s Ice Protection System, the system that prevents the formation of ice on the aircraft during flight. Boom will also work with Collins Aerospace to assess Air Data System architectures that meet Overture’s field performance and range requirements.
The expanded joint effort with Collins Aerospace builds upon several years of successful collaboration aimed at improving propulsion system performance and minimizing aircraft noise on Overture. Collins Aerospace and Boom have worked together to develop inlet, nozzle and exhaust system technologies to facilitate the net-zero carbon operation of Overture.
