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The Concorde is still pretty top notch, tech wise. As far as supersonic and supercruise jet engines go, they are all military. Civilian engine development went
by hef19898 3y ago
The Concorde is still pretty top notch, tech wise. As far as supersonic and supercruise jet engines go, they are all military. Civilian engine development went all in improving noise levels and fuel economy. And without a viable market, no engine OEM will invest the billions needed to develop a civil supersonic engine. So it is either a huge market, or various governments foot the RnD bills. Both of which are far, far away.
All technological promises regarding civilian supersonics only exist in fancy renderings and pitch decks, there is no substance behind. Even less than there is with the various eVTOLs, at least those actually fly. Well, some of them that is...