Supersonic Aircraft Noise

The FAA is soliciting technical information from other Federal agencies, industries, universities, and other interested parties on the mitigation of sonic boom from supersonic aircraft. We are trying to determine whether there is sufficient new data supported by flight over land. These documents solicit information on the latest research and development activities directed at mitigating sonic boom. We may use this information for future rulemaking actions.

• Civil Supersonic Aircraft Technical Workshop Notice (PDF)

Civil Supersonic Aircraft Technical Workshop

• AADC: UEET Integrated Inlet Propulsion System Study (IIPSS) Program (PDF)
• Boeing
• Airframe Focus (PDF)
• Technologies Required for Low Sonic-Boom Aircraft (PDF)
• GE: Quiet Supersonic Platform (QSP) (PDF)
• Gulfstream
• A Gulfstream Perspective on the DARPA QSP Program and Furture Supersonic Initiatives (PDF)
• Recent Supersonic Vehicle Studies at Gulfstream Aerospace (PDF)
• Lockheed Martin: Sonic Boom Technologies and Challenges (PDF)
• NASA
• Human Response to Sonic Booms (PDF)
• Metrics for Human Response to Sonic Booms (PDF)
• Sonic Boom Technology Development and Demonstration (PDF)
• NETJETS (PDF)
• Northrop Grumman
• Quiet Supersonic Platform (QSP), Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator Program (PDF)
• Quiet Supersonic Platform (QSP) (PDF)
• Pervasive Technologies Panel (PDF)
• Pratt & Whitney Supersonic Studies (PDF)
• Raytheon: Supersonic Civil Aircraft Study (PDF)
• Wyle Laboratories
• Pervasive Technologies, Sonic Boom Modeling and Propagation (PDF)
• Recent (more or less) Government Sonic Boom Programs (PDF)