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Is United’s green supersonic jet too good to be true?

Vox

The first of these flights is scheduled for 2026, and the company plans to start carrying passengers by 2029. If all works out, United has the option to buy at least 35 more planes from the startup, which is one of several focused on making supersonic flight work for the 21st century. But there’s another twist.

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Airship AI, a Seattle-area edge computing company that never raised investment, set to go public

GeekWire

Airship AI estimates the combined edge AI hardware and software market to reach $7 billion by 2029. million in revenue through the first nine months of 2023, down nearly 40% from the year-ago period, with a net loss of $6.5 The company competes with a number of other video analysis providers such as Ambarella and Visidon.

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United Airlines is buying 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom Supersonic

The Verge

If Boom’s Overture jets pass inspection, the plan is for them to be rolled out in 2025, fly in 2026, and expected to carry passengers by 2029. At 71 feet long, the XB-1 is a scaled-down version of the full production model that Boom hopes to have ready for passengers by 2029. The demonstrator is expected to reach speeds of Mach 1.3,

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