Aviation startup picks engine designer for supersonic plane

By Associated Press

Published December 13, 2022 6:18pm ET

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Aviation startup picks engine designer for supersonic plane — This undated image provided by Boom Supersonic shows Boom Supersonic Overture Aircraft. Aviation startup Boom Technology Inc. says it will power supersonic passenger jets with engines designed by a company better known for making small engines used on drones and cruise missiles. Boom said Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, that Florida Turbine Technologies, or FTT, will design the engines and a division of General Electric will manufacture them for its jet, which it says could be making test flights in 2026 and carrying passengers a few years after that. | Boom Supersonic via AP

Aviation startup Boom Technology says it will power supersonic passenger jets with engines designed by a company better known for making small engines used on drones and cruise missiles.

Boom said Tuesday that Florida Turbine Technologies, or FTT, will design the engines with help from GE Additive, a division of General Electric. Boom says the plane could be making test flights in 2026 and carrying passengers a few years after that.

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