Of all the ambitious engineering projects, I figured the AS2 to be one of the least likely survive the pandemic.

But I'll be damned; they already have $1 billion in pre-orders. As of April 2021, the AS2 development is in the final stages of wind tunnel testing and they hope to get their prototype flying by 2025.

And apparently if that wasn't enough, they've teased future plans for a bigger 4-engine, 50 passenger supersonic airliner.

I'm not sure if I should be thoroughly impressed that such an ambitious project made it through the worst economic crisis since the 1928 crash, or disgusted that the ever widening class inequality in the west has spurred a tangible demand for, of all things, a supersonic private Jet.

>https://aerionsupersonic.com/as2/

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerion_AS2
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerion

>https://newatlas.com/aircraft/aerion-interview-as2-supersonic-business-jet/
>https://newatlas.com/boeing-aerion-partnership-supersonic/58347/
>https://newatlas.com/ge-supersonic-commercial-engine/56876/
>https://newatlas.com/aircraft/aerion-as3-mach-4-supersonic-airliner/