Virgin Galactic debuts design of future Mach 3 high-speed aircraft, signs deal with Rolls-Royce
Virgin Galactic revealed in May that it would be partnering with NASA to work toward high-speed, high elevation point-to-point travel for industrial airline travelers. The strategy is to ultimately produce an aircraft that can fly above 60,000 feet (the cruising elevation of the Concorde) and bring in between 9 and 19 individuals per flight, with a cabin essentially set up to provide each of those travelers with either Business or First Class-style seating and service. In some ways, this task has numerous of the exact same objectives that NASA has with its X-59 Quiet Supersonic research airplane.