Boom Supersonic, which is developing the composite supersonic Overture airliner and the aircraft’s engine, is the first aircraft manufacturer other than advanced air mobility developers to select Honeywell’s Anthem avionics suite. Overture is designed to fly at up to Mach 1.7 carrying up to 80 passengers with a range of 4,250 nm.
A depiction of the Overture flight deck shows three Anthem touch display units (TDUs) and a pilot interface display unit (PIDU) underneath the larger displays. The TDUs and the PIDU use touchscreen interfaces. A sidestick controller is shown on the left side of the flight deck.
Also shown on the right TDU is the Anthem Mission Manager, a timeline depiction of all the events during a flight that shows the number of minutes to each event. Mission Manager can also display checklists as events on the timeline.
“For decades, Honeywell has supported aircraft programs that build the future for aviation,” said Vipul Gupta, Honeywell Aerospace president of electronic solutions. “We are looking forward to partnering with Boom to usher in a new generation of supersonic travel.”
Honeywell will provide Anthem avionics for simulator training in the Overture in addition to the flying aircraft. In May, Honeywell performed the first flight of the Anthem flight deck in its Pilatus PC-12. The Overture timeline calls for first flight in 2027 and type certification in 2029.