Exosonic Polishes Supersonic Airliner Concept, Pivots To Military

Exosonic’s Mach 1.8 airliner concept

A completed conceptual design of Exosonic’s Mach 1.8 airliner features four engines and anhedral wingtips.

Credit: Exosonic
As the 2021 failure of Aerion shows, the path to fielding a supersonic transport by a startup company is long, expensive and perilous, making any near-term, revenue-making spinoff opportunity attractive. California-based Exosonic is taking that lesson to heart. Having now completed a U.S. Air Force...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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