Revolutionizing Air Travel: Boom Supersonic's Strategic Partnership with Rescale
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Public Cloud
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Aerospace
- Cement
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Digital Twin
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
About The Customer
Boom Supersonic is a Denver-based startup dedicated to removing the barriers to experiencing the planet. Their primary goal is to build a Mach 2.2 airliner that is economical enough to operate with business-class fares. The company is backed by venture capital firms such as 8VC, RRE, Lightbank, Y Combinator, and Caffeinated Capital, as well as angel investors including Sam Altman, Paul Graham, and Greg McAdoo. Boom is currently building their XB-1 demonstrator aircraft using their recent $33M Series A round of funding and is set to announce a major design update at the Paris Air Show.
The Challenge
Boom Supersonic, a Denver-based startup, is aiming to reinvent air travel by designing a new supersonic passenger jet. The challenge lies in the fact that the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, Concorde, was not commercially successful due to high operating costs and the inability to fill 100 seats at the $20,000 round-trip ticket price. The Concorde was retired in 2003 after Airbus could no longer source parts, marking a rare backward step in technology progress. Fourteen years later, Boom is reigniting the dream of supersonic travel and showcasing its updated XB-1 supersonic demonstrator at the Paris Air Show. However, the design phase this time is very different from the 1960s, requiring advanced computational capabilities and efficient data management workflows.
The Solution
To overcome these challenges, Boom Supersonic is strengthening its strategic partnership with Rescale, leveraging the power of cloud high-performance computing (HPC) for the design and optimization of its new supersonic passenger jet. Boom uses Rescale’s turnkey cloud HPC platform to run computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis on a massively-powerful compute infrastructure. This allows them to run thousands of simulations at each stage of the design, enabling a lean startup operation while simultaneously simulating and optimizing high-fidelity virtual prototype models. Boom’s product development cycle is almost entirely simulation-driven, using the Rescale platform from initial high-level concept down to the detailed design of items such as the variable geometry engine intakes. By working with the Rescale development team, Boom is helping Rescale develop efficient data management workflows.
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