Boom Supersonic will need to secure a new powerplant partner to make its planned Overture jet fly faster than the speed of sound. Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce exited its contract with the commercial airline manufacturer earlier this week.
Despite announcing in 2020 that the two would work together to identify a propulsion system that would fit the airframe of Boom’s Overture design, Rolls-Royce backed out of the project after delivering a series of design concepts. Bloomberg reports that the engine maker decided that the commercial aviation supersonic market was not a present business priority.
