[thepaulmcbride]

The angle of attack at both takeoff and touch down is pretty wild!

[actionfromafar]

I can't let go of the suspicion that this could become some kind of military (drone or not) airframe.

[AnarchismIsCool]

They have some interest in a "special mission" version, a common aerospace euphemism for militarized.

They also claim to be a potential candidate for a next gen Air Force One.

That's the game with aerospace startups though. The CEO gets everyone wrapped around a "vision" for some gonna-save-humanity green peace machine (insert obligatory disaster response mission) and then once everyone is hooked you look up one day from your cruise missile design and wonder WTF just happened...

Source: have worked for several of these kinds of startups, have seen this happen pretty much everywhere.

[benced]

I can't think of a single aerospace company that is not dual-use. I doubt Boom is building with that in mind but if they're around in 50 years, I'd be shocked if they did not have a thriving defense business.

(which I think is good but ymmv)

[__loam]

The military has had supersonic aircraft since the 1950s, why would they care about this?

[cryptonector]

Is there a shortage of those?

[macinjosh]

Reminded me of a goose landing on a lake.