2014 headquarters denver colorado key people blake scholl wikidata ; reasonator co founder and chief executive joe wilding wikidata ; reasonator co founder and chief engineer josh krall wikidata ; reasonator co founder and cto products supersonic aircraft production website www.boom.aero boom technology is a startup company aiming to create a 40 passenger civilian supersonic transport . the denver based company was founded in 2014 . 1 they are designing a supersonic aircraft to travel up to mach 2.2 1 451 mph 1 261 kn 2 335 km h which would be new york to london in 3 hours and 24 minutes at a proposed round trip cost of 5 000 . 1 the company participated in a y combinator startup incubation program in early 2016 and has been funded by y combinator sam altman seraph group eight partners and others . 2 richard branson confirmed options for 10 aircraft for virgin atlantic ; in addition virgin galactic s subsidiary the spaceship company will play a role in manufacturing and testing . 3 2 boom also says they have options for an additional 15 aircraft to a european carrier that it declined to name bringing the total value of options to 5 billion . 4 in march 2016 the company had concept drawings and wooden mockups of the aircraft . 5 in october 2016 the design was stretched to around 155 ft to seat up to 50 with ten extra seats its wingspan marginally increased and a third engine was added to enable etops free routes up to 180 min diversion time . the xb 1 one third scale prototype powered by three general electric cj610 turbojets will fly subsonic in late 2017 then supersonic at edwards afb . 6 see also edit supersonic transport supersonic business jet aircraft of comparable role configuration and era aerion as2 hypermach sonicstar sai quiet supersonic transport spike s 512 sukhoi gulfstream s 21 tupolev tu 444 related lists list of airliners references edit a b vance ashlee 21 march 2016 . this aerospace company wants to bring supersonic civilian travel back . bloomberg.com . retrieved 21 march 2016 . a b kokalitcheva kia 23 march 2016 . this startup is developing supersonic planes for virgin group . fortune . retrieved 24 march 2016 . sir richard branson confirms virgin has options to buy 10 supersonic boom jets . mail online . 24 march 2016 . boom the startup that wants to build supersonic planes just signed a massive deal with virgin . techcrunch . aol . 23 march 2016 . szondy david march 22 2016 . can boom bring back supersonic flight without the astronomical price tag . gizmodo . retrieved march 22 2016 . potential mach 2.2 airliner market pegged at 260 billion . aviation week . october 12 2016 . external links edit official website v t e supersonic transport civil aviation supersonic aircraft list withdrawn from service concorde tupolev tu 144 historic projects airliners boeing 2707 bristol type 223 convair model 58 9 douglas 2229 high speed civil transport lapcat lockheed l 2000 rockwell x 30 sud aviation super caravelle tupolev tu 244 business jets aerion sbj sai quiet supersonic transport sukhoi gulfstream s 21 tupolev tu 444 current projects airliners hypermach sonicstar next generation supersonic transport quiet supersonic technology reaction engines a2 zero emission hyper sonic transport boom technology boom business jets aerion as2 gulfstream x 54 spike s 512 see also quiet spike category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title boom technology & oldid 744338422 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in coloradocompanies established in 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 15 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view