Comac C949: China's Stealth Supersonic Jet Sets New Range Records, Outshining Concorde

Comac C949: China's Stealth Supersonic Jet Sets New Range Records, Outshining Concorde

With global supersonic air travel poised to make a comeback, China might be discreetly at the forefront of this resurgence. Initial information about C949, a supersonic airliner initiative, has been discreetly revealed by China’s state-owned enterprises. aerospace large COMAC, signaling its aspirations to lead the way in aviation with the innovative new aircraft that has the potential to reshape international air travel. In a recently published scholarly article, Comac engineers unveiled plans for a 1.6-Mach jetliner engineered to travel longer distances with significantly reduced noise levels compared to the discontinued Concorde, potentially placing China at the vanguard of a new era of supersonic aviation in this century. A group headed by Wu Dawei, who is an award-winning member of Comac, aerodynamicist stated in an article dated March 14, published in Acta Aeronautica Sinica, that the initiative sought to accomplish what aerospace engineers have been pursuing for many…