JAXA Low-Boom Research Could Ease Supersonic Certification

JAXA has developed a concept for a low-boom Mach 2 airliner carrying 50 passenger 3,500 nm.
Credit: JAXA
A robust low-boom design method developed by Japanese researchers should make it easier to certify future quiet supersonic transports, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says. The design method was developed under the System Integration for Silent Supersonic Airplane Technologies (S4)...
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