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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Defunct | May 21, 2021 |
| Fate | Ran out of money for funding |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Tom Vice, chairman, president, and CEO[1] Robert Bass, founder |
| Products | Supersonic business jet |
| Website | aerionsupersonic |
Aerion Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Reno, Nevada. It was founded by Robert Bass of Fort Worth.[2]
From 2004 until 2021, the company was developing a 10-passenger supersonic jet to cut transatlantic flights by three hours, using "boomless cruise" technology to negate the sonic boom.[3][4] It was expected to be the first supersonic aircraft without an afterburner to lower emissions, and the first to run on biofuels.[5][6]
Aerion abruptly announced on May 21, 2021, that the company would be shutting down due to inability to raise needed capital to proceed.[7]
- ^ Aereon (2021). "Leadership team". aerionsupersonic.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "Billionaire Bass's Supersonic Jet Dream Wins Boeing Backing". Bloomberg. February 5, 2019 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ Graeme Paton (May 26, 2017). "Flight times to New York could be almost halved by first supersonic crossing of Atlantic since Concorde". The Times. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Cameron Frew. "Supersonic Jet Taking Off in 2021 Will Get You From London To New York In 3 Hours". UNILAD. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Michael Verdon (May 5, 2020). "Inside the Race to Launch the First 'Boomless,' Carbon-Neutral Supersonic Jet". Robb Report. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ "Boeing joins Fort Worth's Robert Bass in push to build supersonic business jet". The Dallas Morning News. February 5, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Sheetz, Michael (May 21, 2021). "Aerion Supersonic shuts down, ending plans to build silent high speed business jets". CNBC. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.