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China’s supersonic jet C949 targets 50% range increase over Concorde, 95% less sound
China has introduced the Comac C949, a supersonic jet designed for efficiency and reduced noise, with a range 50% longer than the Concorde.
Comac engineers have detailed in a recent academic paper the design of the airliner capable of flying farther and more quietly than the retired Concorde, potentially advancing China’s role in modern supersonic aviation. A long, needle-like nose extension splits the leading shock wave into three softer pulses, while aerodynamic bulges near the engines help scatter exhaust turbulence, thereby muffling the trailing boom. According to Wu and his colleagues, the aircraft would require an artificial intelligence-powered fly-by-wire system with full control access to manage extreme aerodynamic non-linearity and counteract stability loss at high sideslip angles.
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