Astro Mechanica
A contrail crossing the Earth at dawn, seen from very high up

Earth should be a day trip.

Wake up in San Francisco. Breakfast in Tokyo. Home before bed.

Four hours each way beats ten hours in a 787.‡ Our first flights depart by 2032.

A cup of black coffee, a bowl of rice with an egg yolk, and a toothbrush standing in a cup, side by side

9:00AMDepart San Francisco

8:00AMBreakfast meeting in Tokyo

11:00PMHome in San Francisco

We build the engines, the aircraft, and the airline to make that ordinary.

First we harness power. Then put it to work.

A supersonic airline is too much to build in one go. So we start with the power, and give it a bigger job each time.

Power

TodayOur first engine runs

2027Engines on customer sites

NextA new engine

ThenThe one after that

Airpower

2027Assembly and ground tests

2028The laser plane flies

Flights

2028–29On ordinary jets

2031–32Our own supersonic aircraft

Everything starts with power.

One engine, two machines.

A gas turbine in Astro’s test cell, seen end on: a ring of vanes inside a duct turned blue by heat
Fuel makes electricity.
Looking into the compressor of an Astro engine: an electric motor sits at the center and turns the blades
Electricity makes thrust.

Try it

One engine, three gears.

Electricity lets one engine shift gears as it speeds up.

Fan

Mach 0.85 · 560 mph

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San Francisco to Tokyo§

Get your design on the test stand in weeks.

Earth should be a day trip.