HyperMach SonicStar

The SonicStar is a proposed high-supersonic aircraft business jet designed by SonicStar SAS led by Bernard Rousset and motorized by HyperMach.[1]

CEO Richard H. Lugg & COO Bernard Rousset first presented the concept at the 2011 Paris Air Show (Le Bourget) and showed a 3m long model. [2]

3m long model at the 2011 Paris Airshow (Le Bourget)

Bernard Rousset participated in the Global Aerospace Summit of 2018 in Abu Dhabi and presented the latest advancement of the project.

The SonicStar is expected to reach speeds of up to Mach number 3.6 (2,375 mph (3,822 km/h))[3] and fly at an altitude of 80,000 feet (24,380 m).[4] Its propulsion is projected to be 30 percent more fuel efficient than the Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 Engine which flew the Concorde.[4] Hypothetically, the SonicStar would fly three times faster than the speed of the Concorde.[3] It is planned to be powered by two engineered 157,700 thrust SonicBlue HYSCRAM (Hypersonic Superconducting Combustion Ram Accelerated Magnetohydrodynamic Drive [4]) hybrid hypersonic 6500-X series engines.[5] Sonic boom is expected to be eliminated over land, through electromagnetic drag reduction technology currently under development.[4]

The proposed aircraft would carry 8 to 12[4] passengers in a high VIP comfort mode.[3]

The core team in Dubaï in 2011

The founders put this global project on hold by 2020, and went on their separate journeys. No further information regarding the aircraft has been published since 2019. Octuri provided some illustrations of the aircraft and the interiors,[6] and La Depeche published an article in 2014.[7] As of March 2023, the company's website no longer exists.