MARKET STUDIES INDICATE DEMAND FOR HIGH-SPEED CIVIL TRANSPORT

U.S.-based studies of the market for a high-speed civil transport clearly show that demand for the aircraft exists, but the challenges of building the Mach 2-3 transport remain. NASA, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are engaged in a Fiscal 1989 research program focusing on three major issues--engine emissions, sonic boom and community noise. A separate program at Battelle is exploring the prospects for developing a high-speed transport. Objectives of the first phase of the Battelle program include selection of a preferred design, definition of critical technologies, assessment of the environmental consequences, and further investigation of economic viability.

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• Publication Date: 1988-11-21

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Aviation Week & Space Technology
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 21
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0005-2175

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Demand; Development; Economics; Environmental impacts; Markets; Noise control; Research; Sonic boom; Supersonic transport planes; Technological innovations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Environment; Highways; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478003
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1988 12:00AM