The Warzone/The Drive: Lockheed Likely Sees Big Military Applications Potential In Aerion's Supersonic Bizjet
A jet that can cruise for thousands of miles at mach 1.4 will be just as enticing to the Pentagon as it is to billionaires.
Lockheed Martin has formally announced it is teaming up with Aerion Corporation to build the world’s first supersonic business jet, which would be the company’s first passenger aircraft produced in more than three decades. The plane, named AS2 and looks like an F-104 Starfighter and 727 airliner had a child, could potentially revolutionize private and possibly commercial air travel. But what's not being talked about is that it could also have major military applications as well.
On Dec. 15, 2017, Lockheed Martin and Aerion released a joint statement outlining a plan to spend the next year developing the framework for a full partnership, to include engineering and design work, moving prototypes through various certification processes, and serial production of the final aircraft. In May 2017, General Electric signed a similar deal regarding development and production of the aircraft’s powerful engines.
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