Japan’s major engineering companies are combing resources with Japan’s space agency to design a 50-passenger supersonic jet.
According to Nikkei Asia the new public-private initiative, Japan Supersonic Research, was announced Wednesday.
Members of the consortia are, IHI, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Subaru and Japan Aircraft Development Corp.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has worked for over a decade on the sonic boom issue and has developed a streamlined aircraft design with a long, sharply pointed nose to minimize booms.
Nikkei Asia says that JAXA had succeeded in reducing fuel consumption by 13 percent compared with the technology used read more ⇒
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