Sentences with phrase «commercial supersonic»
NASA and Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works are teaming up to create the Low - Boom Flight Demonstrator, an experimental aircraft that aims to usher in the era of commercial supersonic flight.
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On the aeronautics side, the budget offers $ 624 million in funding in a move the OMB said «paves the way for eventual over-land commercial supersonic flights and safer, more efficient air travel with a strong program of aeronautics research.»
A 1973 U.S. law banned overland commercial supersonic flight.
Not exact matches
Whether for supersonic fighter jets or commercial airliners, the aviation world has begun a quest for the fuel of the future, transitioning away from petroleum - derived JP - 8 and Jet A varieties to Fischer - Tropsch synthetics or biofuels.
The supersonic Concorde was a technical marvel but a commercial disaster, barely covering its cash operating costs until its retirement in 2003.
The difference between Apollo's success and the supersonic transport's failure lies in the single word «commercial.»