Supersonic jet from Texas startup aims for 55-minute New York to Paris flights by 2030

A supersonic jet from a Texas startup is aiming for a 55-minute New York to Paris flight time by 2030.

The quicker travelling time could very well revolutionize the way that air travel looks forever.

It’s all down to clever technology and a very powerful engine.

The jet is set to accommodate 12 passengers and could arrive by the end of the next decade.

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Supersonic flights are an aim that top aviation companies have.

NASA, for example, tricked the revolutionary X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft into thinking it was actually flying.

Plus, America could potentially get supersonic flights back for the first time in 52 years, all thanks to a new bill.

Which is music to this company’s ears.

Venus Aerospace is an aviation company with a big aim, with the Texas startup aiming to achieve an incredibly fast flight time.

The company recently completed a revolutionary test flight with a powerful engine.

It’s called a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine, aka RDRE.

“Compared to traditional rocket engines, RDREs offer improved efficiency and compactness, making them particularly suited for advanced aerospace applications,” stated the company itself.

“Venus’s engine is designed to be affordable and scalable for both defense and commercial systems, including future vehicles that could fly passengers from Los Angeles to Tokyo in under two hours,” it continued

The engine is set to be an addition to the impending jet called ‘Stargazer’.

According to the company, the Stargazer could be the Earth’s first hypersonic and reusable aircraft and could cruise at a speed of Mach 4, at 110,000 – with Mach 9 also being reachable.

According to a caption on YouTube, it ‘will take off from a primary airport with jet engines, then when away from city-center, our rocket engine will propel passengers gently to 170,000 feet and Mach 4, crossing 5000 miles in 2 hours. San Francisco to Japan. Houston To London. All within two hours’.

Imagine a flight that fast – crazy right?

Venus Aerospace recently completed the historic test flight with the high-tech engine in tow.

The CEO and co-founder of the Texas startup, Sassie Duggleby, explained: “This is the moment we’ve been working toward for five years.

“We’ve proven that this technology works—not just in simulations or the lab, but in the air. With this milestone, we’re one step closer to making high-speed flight accessible, affordable, and sustainable.”

They are also working on a VDR2 engine that ‘combines the high thrust of a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) with the efficient cruise of a Ramjet, offering a single engine from take-off up and speeds up to Mach 6.”

If all goes to plan, we could be seeing the proposed aircraft come into play early in the 2030s, which is less than a decade away.

Who knows, you could be across the Atlantic before you can ask for a second gin and tonic whilst flying supersonic.

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