President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that the Federal Aviation Administration instructs to eliminate the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over American soil, which marked an important policy shift that took place just a few weeks after the legislators introduced two-part legislation with the same goal. The order instructs the FAA to terminate the supersonic prohibition on land and to create noise-based certification standards, so that traveling faster than a sound does not reach the soil.
“The reality is that Americans have to fly from New York to LA in less than four hours,” said Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to reporters on Friday.
The move can help accelerate commercial supersonic flight development, including Boom Supersonic efforts. In January, the XB-1 demonstrator of Boom was the first private civil aircraft developed to break the sound barrier over the Continental US
Asked for comment Friday, Boom CEO Blake Scholl wrote “BoooOOO!” In an e -mail to Techcrunch. Added Scholl: “The sound barrier was never physical – it was regulatory. With Supersonic Legalized, the return of Supersonic Passengers Air Travel is just a matter of time.”
Trump also signed two other future executive orders Friday: one to accelerate Drone commercialization and electric vertical starting vehicle Development, and another to set up a federal Task Force Drone -flight restrictions.
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