Rolls-Royce Links With Boom, Virgin On Supersonic Ventures

August 06, 2020
Virgin's delta-wing concept aircraft
Configured with a large delta wing, Virgin’s concept will cruise at Mach 3.
Credit: Virgin Galactic
Seventeen years after the Olympus 593 turbojets were shut down for the last time on the final operational Concorde, supersonic engine developer Rolls-Royce is staking claims to power a resurgent generation of 21st-century, high-speed successors. Boom and Rolls study power options for Mach 2.2...

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