corporation type private industry aerospace headquarters reno nevada united states key people robert bass president and chairman ; brian barents vice chairman ; doug nichols ceo ; dr. richard r. tracy cto products supersonic business jet natural laminar flow consulting website aerionsupersonic.com aerion corporation is an american aircraft manufacturer based in reno nevada . projects include the 8 12 passenger as2 supersonic business jet with key engineering support provided by the airbus group . aerion has set a target to achieve faa certification in 2021 and enter service in 2023 . 1 contents 1 history 2 aerion technologies corporation 3 leadership 4 references 5 external links history edit aerion s first design was the aerion sbj concept for a supersonic business jet capable of flight at speeds up to mach 1.6 while also cruising efficiently just below the speed of sound mach .95 to .99 when necessary . 2 the aerion sbj s key technology supersonic natural laminar flow has been demonstrated in small scale transonic wind tunnel tests and in supersonic flight tests conducted in conjunction with nasa . while sbj discussions continued with selected airframer builders data from the company designed calibration fixture aboard a nasa f 15b in the summer of 2010 3 was used in the design of a second test model flown during the first half of 2013 . 4 the new test model was designed to provide more laminar flow and be shaped so that boundary layer instabilities grow relatively slowly and smoothly . these characteristics should facilitate good boundary layer imaging of the roughness and step height experiments performed in next phase . the experiments were intended to influence future laminar flow airfoil manufacturing standards for surface quality and assembly tolerances . 5 6 7 8 in september 2014 aerion announced a partnership with airbus mainly airbus defence 9 to collaborate on designing the aerion as2 an updated replacement for the sbj design hoping for a market entry in 2021 . 10 the switch from sbj to as2 was due to customer demand . 11 12 aerion intends to finance 3 billion of development reducing risk for industry partners . 13 14 aerion believes that their design will find a market despite the us ban on supersonic flight whereas gulfstream views the ban as prohibitive . 12 aerion technologies corporation edit increased demand from a variety of aircraft manufacturers for aerion s natural laminar flow expertise drove the company to launch aerion technologies corporation a wholly owned subsidiary in may 2011 . 15 16 17 aerion maintains that the same proprietary technologies and design tools that enable a practical sbj also have subsonic and transonic applications . during the past 10 years aerion has developed extensivef nlf test data and methods for optimizing its application to aircraft design as well as assuring practical manufacturing and operational use . aerion technologies nlf technology and design tools may help airframer builders push speed and efficiency limits for next generation civil and military aircraft . 18 19 20 leadership edit ernest ernie edwards formerly president of embraer executive jets was appointed aerion s chief commercial officer in may 2015 . mike hinderberger was promoted at that time to senior vice president for aircraft development . hinderberger had previously served as chief engineer for the gulfstream g650 program . john holding previously bombardier aerospace s executive vice president integrated product definition and planning is senior advisor to the company . 21 references edit flexjet to become first fleet customer for aerion supersonic business jet pdf . aerion . 17 november 2015 . retrieved 23 november 2015 . aerion s sbj enters phase two of development european business air news 12 1 05 nbaa aerion gets supersonic test results flight international 10 18 10 supersonic laminar flow tests continue on nasa s f 15b nasa 05 22 13 aerion steps up testing for supersonic business jet aviation international news 05 14 12 second set of sblt tests planned on nasa s f 15b nasa 05 15 12 aerion tests further efforts to develop supersonic bizjet aviation international news 10 29 12 aerion makes progress on supersonic business jet wichita eagle 12 21 12 airbus group teams up with aerion leeham co 23 september 2014 . accessed 26 september 2014 . van wagenen juliet . airbus and aerion collaborate to develop supersonic business jet high performance flight aviation today 22 september 2014 . accessed 24 september 2014 . aerion unveils larger three engine supersonic business jet tailored to emerging global demand archived january 19 2015 at the wayback machine . aerion 19 may 2014 . accessed 26 september 2014 . a b mcmillin molly . need for speed drives efforts for supersonic business jet the wichita eagle . accessed 28 september 2014 . mcmillin molly . aerion makes design changes in supersonic business jet the wichita eagle 29 may 2014 . accessed 26 september 2014 . jeffrey colin . aerion s as2 supersonic business jet gets extra engine and cabin space gizmag 20 may 2014 . accessed 26 september 2014 . want laminar flow talk to aerion aviation week 5 16 11 aerion to subsonic set go with the natural laminar flow aviation international news 5 17 11 permanent dead link ebace aerion seeks fresh revenue stream flight international 5 16 11 aerion s tech subsidiary brings laminar flow to subsonics aviation international news 10 10 11 nbaa aerion goes with laminar flow flight international 10 11 11 nbaa aerion talks up transonic options as f 15 tests resume flight international 10 29 12 aerion promotes doug nichols to ceo and board member aero news network 01 08 13 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to aerion corporation . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aerion & oldid 742652513 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in reno nevadahidden categories articles with wayback 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