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> Japan Airlines invested $10 million into Boom Technologies, OK so Boom has raised 47.3M so far according to techcrunch which is ... nothing? Even something a
by chx 8y ago
> Japan Airlines invested $10 million into Boom Technologies,
OK so Boom has raised 47.3M so far according to techcrunch which is ... nothing? Even something as relatively simple as the Sukhoi Superjet 100 had a program cost of 1.5B. I can't even imagine how much a supersonic jet will cost.
- dingaling 8y agoI don't think anyone in aerospace expects Boom / Aerion / Spike etc to actually deliver. More likely they're positioning for acquihire.
- ddalex 8y agoProbably Boom only delivers at this point CAD drawings and scale-models. They get some limited wind tunnel time to test their models. Probably if they can show they have something, they will partner with an manufacturer (Airbus? Saab?) to build a prototype. There are Boom engineers lurking around HN, probably one of them can pitch in and comment.