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U.S. Air Force Makes New AFWERX Investment in Boom Supersonic Airliner Research

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U.S. Air Force Makes New AFWERX Investment in Boom Supersonic Airliner Research
Boom Supersonic anticipates the first flight of its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft, pictured here at their Denver, Colorado hangar, to occur in 2022. (Photo: Courtesy of Boom Supersonic)

Boom Supersonic, the Denver, Colorado-based aerospace company developing a supersonic airliner capable of flying at Mach 1.7, announced a new contract award from the U.S. Air Force on Tuesday valued at up to $60 million. The Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract, issued to Boom through the Air Force's innovation arm, AFWERX, and its AFVentures division, will be used to accelerate research and development of military applications for Overture—the supersonic commercial airliner currently under development. According to Boom's Jan. 11 announcement…

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