Technologically, supersonic flight is not complex to achieve ... It has opted for a thin wing design and horizontal stabiliser that should reduce overall drag by 20%, the company says.
Nasa has a more outlandish test aircraft in the wings, the spindly ... or at least mitigate, the supersonic boom. Then there's Aerion, claiming its AS2 design will offer civil supersonic flight ...
Throughout development, all teams converged on a similar design, with a delta wing and similar overall ... Meanwhile, although supersonic airliners haven’t been flying since the Concorde retired ...