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Startup Venus Aerospace plans to proceed with the development, testing and production of a small hypersonic aircraft capable of  transporting a dozen passengers or time-critical payloads between major continental destinations in an hour.

Similar to the electric flying car-focused Agility Prime program, the purpose of Vector Prime is to establish a vehicle for the Air Force to support commercial companies working on supersonic and hypersonic transports. 

Kelly Ortberg, the former head of Collins Aerospace who was a key leader in the supplier’s melt-up into Raytheon Technologies, has left its executive ranks, company representatives confirmed.