"As a company, we have been working for more than seven years to design, develop, test, and deliver supersonic flight. We are now achieving this and will start commercial payload operations in the coming months," said Stefan Powell, CEO of Dawn Aerospace.
"This milestone sets the stage for Aurora to become the world's highest and fastest-flying aircraft and paves the way for the first operational hypersonic aircraft, redefining what's possible in aviation," said Powell.
Dawn said this marks the first time a civil aircraft has flown supersonic since Concorde. The feat comes after Aurora hit Mach 0.92 in August, which, at the time, was three times the speed and five times the height of its previous test.
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