Boom Supersonic  unveils $1.25B turbine backlog, first Superpower customer, and $300M new funding. Boom Supersonic announced major milestones this week, including a $1.25B backlog for its new Superpower natural-gas turbine, the reveal of its launch customer Crusoe , and the close of a $300M funding round led by Darsana Capital Partners LP .  The Superpower turbine, derived from the same extreme-temperature engine core being developed for Boom’s Symphony supersonic jet engine,

Venus Aerospace announced a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures, accelerating development of its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technology following a successful high-thrust flight test earlier this year.  The test, described as a world first, marked a major milestone for next-generation propulsion and represents the first new rocket engine architecture to demonstrate flight-proven performance since the Apollo era. Venus is currently the only company