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Unless the engine question is solved, I don't see any of the new wave of civilian SSTs (Boom, Spike, Aerion) going anywhere.

The airplane talk, let alone an SST, is pretty much all about the engine. So, with none of them putting an engine on the table, whatever else they do is, honestly speaking, pointless.

Be sceptical.




I'm not involved in aerospace. What is "the engine question"?


There is simply no civilian engine out there for an SST. Even original Concorde engines are not what they need today.

Even the best military engines today will barely work for the role.

They need around 20t of dry thrust at speeds at speeds around Mach 1.7-2.0, and big enough fan for takeoff at the same time.




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