DENVER - Boom Supersonic, a Denver-based aerospace company building a faster-than-sound airliner, needed an integrated flight deck for its Overture aircraft. They found their solution from Honeywell in Phoenix.
Boom selected Honeywell's Anthem integrated flight deck, which will be tailored for Overture's specific mission requirements, helping to enable situational awareness and enhanced safety. The advanced avionics interface provides continuity to Overture pilots from initial simulator-based flight training through to actual flights. Honeywell completed the first flight of its Anthem integrated flight deck using its Pilatus PC-12 test aircraft in May 2023, paving the way for Federal Aviation Administration certification.
“Honeywell has an extensive history of aerospace innovation and shares our vision of a faster future through sustainable supersonic flight,” said Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic. “We’re proud to work with Honeywell to realize one of the most advanced flight decks in the sky, with state-of-the-art technologies that reduce pilot workload and increase safety."
In addition to commercial supersonic travel, Boom announced the launch of its Defense Advisory Group to assess Boom's Overture aircraft for national security missions this fall. The independent council brings together top military and defense experts to progress the development of defense variants of Overture. Overture will fly twice the speed of today's airliners with a max range of 4,250 nautical miles.
Boom named seven founding members ranging from retired General Officers to Department of Defense civilian senior executives with expertise in mobility operations, executive airlift, Air Force acquisitions, and research and development within the defense community. The Defense Advisory Group founding members include General William M. Fraser III, USAF (Retired), former Commander of U.S. Transportation Command, Air Combat Command, and USAF Vice Chief of Staff; General Raymond E. Johns, USAF (Retired), former Commander of U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command; General Carlton (Dewey) Everhart II, USAF (Retired), former Commander of U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command; Lieutenant General Ted Bowlds, USAF (Retired), former Commander Electronic Systems Command; Mr. David E. Hamilton, Retired Senior Executive Service, former Director and Program Executive Officer for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office; Major General Lawrence M. Martin, Jr., USAF (Retired), former Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs; and Major General Kyle Kremer, USAF (Retired), former Director of Strategy, Plans, Requirements and Programs for Air Mobility Command.
In addition to the development of a special mission variant of Overture, Boom announced in July that it will support Northrop Grumman on a NASA contract to deliver solutions for the High-Speed Endo-atmospheric Commercial Vehicle Conceptual Design Study and Technology Roadmaps Development program. The study for future research and development will identify technologies to continue the advancement of commercial supersonic flight efficiency.
