
An Air Force One that flies at five times the speed of sound?
Maureen O'Hare, CNN • Published 7th September 2020
The future of Air Force One: Could there one day be a US presidential plane that travels at five times the speed of sound?
Courtesy Hermeus
(CNN) — There could be a supersonic Air Force One prototype airplane as early as 2025, with the US Air Force getting busy awarding development contracts.
California start-up Exosonic is working on a low-boom supersonic Mach 1.8 twinjet which caught the eye of the US Air Force's Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate (PE).
It was announced last week that Exosonic has been issued a contract to develop supersonic executive transport that could be used as Air Force One.
That's on top of the news last month that Atlanta-based Hermeus Corporation, which is w...