Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailFlights from London to New York could be cut down to just 90 minutes, thanks to a new supersonic aircraft in development. Hermeus has announced that it is developing a supersonic aircraft that can travel at speeds of over 3,000 miles/hour. The tech startup has received funding from Khosla Ventures, which will allow them to start developing the aircraft. At this speed, flight times from New York to London will be reduced from seven hours to just 90 minutes, according to Hermeus. Lockheed Martin is working on an aircraft called the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology craft, while Boeing has revealed a concept for a supersonic jet, that will also travel at Mach 5.

Source: Daily Mirror May 20, 2019 10:54 UTC