Lockheed Martin, which has been working with NASA to design and develop a quiet supersonic aircraft since 2016, announced a memorandum of understanding with Aerion Corp. Dec. 15 to “explore the feasibility” of jointly developing Aerion’s AS2 design, envisioned as a 12-passenger, Mach 1.4 business jet. The project is among a handful of rival efforts, all still in early stages of development, all hopeful that business executives and airline passengers will be willing to pay a premium for supersonic speed.
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