Boom CEO Monitors Turbine Blade Inspection During Manufacturing

The Symphony high pressure turbine rotor is fully assembled, as are compressor stages 1/2. Current hold-up is a late supplier building the Stage 3 blisk.

This is why we're vertically integrating—legacy suppliers don't move at Boom speed. Next engine will have Boom-made blisks.

@kneubuehl Visitor experience construction is almost done, and we'll have our first open house probably in a month or two.

Been taking a bit longer than hoped as the team prioritized building the factory over building the museum 🤣

The speed point is real. And even when the blisk is custom, made to your spec, you still inherit the supplier. Not their design, you own that. Their schedule, their queue, the ten other customers ahead of you. You can own the drawing completely and still not own when it shows up. That is the part vertical integration actually buys you. The timeline becomes yours too, not just the part.

@bscholl Boom really is making aerospace exciting again. Getting off the legacy supplier clock and making the hard parts in-house is how you move at Boom speed.

@bscholl Can one visit the XB-1 yet? I briefly stalked the Centennial airport a few months ago but couldn't spot the secret lair lol.

@ToJoyAndPeace Yup

@bscholl lookin finnne

@bscholl Alright

@bscholl Some will say it's fake

@DavidV_81 @bscholl @boomsupersonic He said recently that he hopes Overture can be in the air in 4 years.

@bscholl Perfectly articulated! Important development.

@bscholl This confirms everything! Currency markets reacting.

@bscholl new word for me, blisk! nicek!

@bscholl Haha gotta keep priorities straight, but you've already notched an incredible piece of aviation history. Glad to hear we'll get a peek inside soon, can't wait to check it out!

@bscholl @boomsupersonic What is the target date for the first flight? If operating at Boom speed you must have a target in mind even if it is a stretch goal.

@bscholl I love this. 👍🏼👍🏼

@bscholl What material for the Stage 3 blisk? Later compressor stages on a supersonic cycle run hot enough that titanium IBRs get marginal. Did that drive the supplier constraint?

@bscholl @boomsupersonic Woohoo - very aesthetic!