Spike Aerospace to Present at WA Aerospace Summit 2016
Vik Kachoria, President & CEO of Spike Aerospace, will be presenting at the AFA’s 11th Annual Aerospace Summit on Thursday, October 6th, 2016. Mr. Kachoria will be discussing the Spike S-512 Quiet Supersonic Jet program, developing partnerships and collaborations to bring supersonic flight back, and the company’s search for manufacturing facilities. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee will be speaking […]
Digital Engineering Magazine Article: “Supersonic Simulation”
Brian Albright of Digital Engineering magazine recently wrote a great article on how engineering tools like CD-Adapco’s Star-CCM+ software and MAYA/Siemens PLM NX CAD are helping to advance innovation in the aerospace industry. In just the last five years, maybe ten, digital engineering tools like these have really advanced, to the point where companies can […]
Spike Aerospace Participating in Aerospace Innovation Workshop at MIT ILP on Sep 15, 2016
Aerospace innovation is entering an exciting decade of growth. Mars travel. Micro-satellites. Sub-orbital space travel. New modes of air transportation. Drones. Use cases for increased autonomy are exploding. Technologies are near-term. Where are we heading? What startups, researchers, and executives are leading the charge? MIT Startup Exchange (STEX) is convening a workshop on Thursday, September […]
Spike Aerospace Partners With MAYA Simulation / Siemens PLM on Supersonic Jet
Boston, MA, July 11, 2016 – Spike Aerospace announced the addition today of partners MAYA Simulation and Siemens’ Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software business to a global effort to develop the first supersonic business jet. The partners join a global collaboration of leading aerospace firms developing the innovative Spike S-512 Quiet Supersonic Jet. MAYA […]
Spike Aerospace Evaluating Engines for Supersonic Jet from Two Major Suppliers
Boston, MA, June 22, 2016 – Spike Aerospace announced today that they are evaluating several possible engine options for their S-512 Quiet Supersonic Jet. The company is currently working with two engine manufacturers and is in the early stages of discussion with a third supplier. Spike Aerospace and the two engine manufacturers are identifying […]
Supersonic Flight is Easy – The Holy Grail is No-Boom Supersonic
Mar 28, 2016, Boston, MA – Supersonic flight is relatively easy, but achieving it without a sonic boom is the holy grail of the next generation of aircraft engineers. Advanced innovations, such as the Quiet Supersonic Flight (QSF) technology being developed by Spike Aerospace, will make flight faster than the speed of sound possible without […]
Supersonic Aircraft R&D Efforts Are Heating Up
In the last six months, there have been more articles on supersonic aircraft than I can remember reading in the past six years. If you believe everything you read, soon there will be many options to get you from NYC to London in seconds flat. The only thing we haven’t yet seen a patent […]
Spike Aerospace and Aernnova Announce Partnership to Develop Supersonic Aircraft
Boston, MA, January 20, 2016 – Spike Aerospace, developers of advanced Quiet Supersonic Flight technology, announced today that Aernnova has joined a collaboration of global aerospace firms to develop the world’s first supersonic business jet, the Spike S-512. This partnership will accelerate engineering efforts of the S-512 by bringing Aernnova’s expertise in structural analysis to […]
Supersonic Innovation Partnerships Explored at Dubai Airshow 2015
Nov 10, 2015, Dubai – The Dubai Airshow 2015 is a pretty spectacular event, with hundreds of aircraft on display and thousands of visitors from around the world. Combine that with amazing demonstrations of fighter jets during the airshow segment, and it is clear that there is a lot of interest in aviation in the […]
Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet Will Produce Almost No Sonic Boom
Boston, MA, October 29, 2015 – Spike Aerospace revealed today that their S-512 Quiet Supersonic Jet, at its cruising speed of Mach 1.6 (1100mph), will produce a nearly inaudible sonic boom – less than 70 PLdB (perceived loudness level). When the aircraft flies overhead, someone on the ground will hear only a very soft, muffled […]