Rolls-Royce withdraws from Boom Supersonic airliner project

Rolls-Royce is pulling out of Boom’s supersonic jet project, two years after signing a collaboration agreement, according to an AIN report.

“We’ve completed our contract with Boom and delivered various engineering studies for their Overture supersonic program,” Rolls-Royce said in a statement to AIN.

“After careful consideration, Rolls-Royce has determined that the commercial aviation supersonic market is not currently a priority for us and, therefore, will not pursue further work on the program at this time.”

As part of the collaboration agreement, both companies have worked together to identify a propulsion system that would complement Overture’s airframe.

In July 2022 during the Farnborough Airshow, founder and CEO Blake Scholl said during a media briefing that the company had “made a lot more progress in propulsion than we’re sharing today”.

AeroTime has asked Boom and Rolls-Royce for comment. aerotime.aero