Sina US Stock News reported on the 17th Beijing time that Tom Vice (Tom Vice), CEO of the Nevada-based aerospace company Aerion, said on Thursday that the company expects to begin testing its AS2 supersonic airliner in 2024.

In addition to flying almost twice as fast as a regular commercial aircraft, Aerion has also developed a patented technology called “silent explosion cruise.” This means that the AS2 will fly without a sound explosion — one of the many problems that have plagued supersonic Concorde in the past.

Wise said, “It allows us to fly at supersonic speeds, taking advantage of an atmospheric phenomenon called 'Mach cut'.” “Although we will still generate a sonic explosion, it will actually reflect a dense layer called a layer of corrosion in the atmosphere and then rise upward. “So on the ground, you can't hear it.”

Aerion and includedBoeingGlobal aerospace companies, including those, have various partnerships and hope to target the private commercial jet market. Wise said his company expects to need as many as 300 such aircraft within 10 years, with a market size of 40 billion US dollars.

Wise said that the AS2 order price is 120 million US dollars each. Currently, the company has received orders worth 2.5 billion US dollars, which is expected to increase to 3.5 billion US dollars by the end of the year.