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June 24, 2005
Safran and Japan Collaborate To Design Supersonic Jet
French aerospace superpower Safran enlists the help of Japan and European countries in their effort to create the next supersonic jet, dubbed the "next Concorde".
(PRWEB) June 24, 2005 -- Japan and France are jointly researching a new supersonic passenger plane to succeed the retired Concorde, but with up to three times as many seats and the potential to fly from Tokyo to New York in six hours, officials and reports say.
Aerospace experts and engineers continue to work on the task not just in the project's home countries, but across Europe - most notably in Germany and the Czech Republic. One such haven of project work is Dresden, Germany's aerospace capital. Astrophysicist Genevieve St. Claire, acting director of Safran's Germany team and project envoy, is optimistic about the project's international ties.
She notes, "(Safran) has the power and potential to forge great success, as well as aerospace alliances, with this incarnation of the supersonic jet. It's important to remember that work on the project is not limited to its countries of inception, and as such, it is truly a global effort." St. Claire and the team temporarily based out of Dresden Institute of Technology are currently working on a supersonic device to silence Mach waves.
In the Czech Republic, Japan's commissioned employees are a bit less enthusiastic about the project's long-term applications, yet remain dedicated. Engineer Zbigniew Sosnowski at Charles University of Prague, working on the jet's linear design under commission of Mitsubishi Heavy, frowns at Germany's general thoughts that the project research will be well underway by 2008.
"It could not even have wings by then. It may remain in its infancy. But this project shows great promise and we are constantly working to make it concrete reality."
Posted by Industrial-Manufacturing at June 24, 2005 03:31 AM