QSST TECHNOLOGY

QSST utilizes patented innovative aerodynamic shaping and employs a patented, inverted "V-tail" - all instrumental in the radical reduction of QSST’s sonic sound level.   Only QSST will fly at twice the speed of current business jets with a barely noticeable sonic signature - less than 1/100th that of the Concorde.   QSST will be in full compliance with present and future sound and emission rules.   QSST was designed with full recognition and understanding of the many programmatic and technical complexities that affect supersonic aircraft.

QSST’s engine will further enhance its superior design.   The engine will be selected from one of the top three international engine manufacturers - General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, or Rolls-Royce.   These three companies have proposed engine design concepts for QSST that will be state-of-the-art and designed to meet/exceed the latest emission standards.   Each design concept employs a variety of techniques to suppress takeoff and landing sounds while operating at supersonic speeds with maximum combustion efficiency to minimize emissions.   Most important, each engine will provide exceptional reliability and performance to meet the requirements for our aircraft and customers.

SAI and Lockheed Martin have designed a revolutionary high performance supersonic jet while maintaining the highest levels of dispatch availability, operating reliability, and regulatory compliance.   Over 40 engineers, designers and technologists on the team at ’Skunk Works®’ have overcome significant engineering challenges to develop an aircraft that can be built with proven, reliable techniques without having to use exotic materials or manufacturing technologies.

In addition to ’Skunk Works’, SAI has teamed with notable aviation consultants Clay Lacy and the late Bob Cooper, former senior executive of Gulfstream, in creating this environmentally sound, pilot-friendly, passenger aircraft.   QSST fulfills and integrates decades of international accomplishment in advanced aerospace design, and will forever transform how the world views and utilizes air travel.