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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.