Nevada-based Aerion Supersonic was expected to bring at least 675 high-paying jobs to the Space Coast by 2026, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast officials announced in April 2020.
The company had planned to build the $120 million AS2 supersonic business jet in Melbourne. In a tweet last week, the company promoted its future plane as "boomless, sustainable, Mach 1-plus transportation, and ready to take flight in late 2024 or early 2025."
During a March FLORIDA TODAY interview, President and CEO Tom Vice said his company employed a workforce of about 150. About 25 employees worked from a leased Melbourne office at the airport-owned Aerospace Center off Apollo Boulevard.