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Re:Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Air... by switchbak on Friday March 22, 2024 @04:55PM (#39794771)
Hermeus is ostensibly going after the super/hypersonic commercial transport market too, but something seems kind of off with that approach (to me).

Their quarterhorse demo aircraft has plenty of utility in a variety of unmanned military roles. To such a degree that the civilian transport angle seems like kind of a distraction in this current era of military ramp-up.

Maybe it's just a hedge so they can keep their toes in two markets simultaneously and perhaps appeal to investment via those different interests.

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Re:Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Air... by VelesDude on Sunday March 24, 2024 @05:45AM (#39806066)
I keep forgetting the military angle. Again a pessimistic take but when I see things like SpaceX saying point to point travel to anywhere in the world in 30 minutes - maybe the message should be 30 minutes point to point explosive payload.
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