Boom Supersonic, the US company building the world’s fastest airliner – Overture – has signed a supplier agreement with Honeywell Aerospace for its next-generation flight deck and modular avionics platform.

The Honeywell Anthem flight deck will be tailored for Overture’s specific mission requirements, helping to enable exceptional situational awareness and enhanced safety.

The advanced avionics interface provides continuity to Boom pilots from initial flight training in a simulator, through to physical test flights.

Blake Scholl, founder and chief executive of Boom Supersonic, said: “Honeywell has an extensive history of aerospace innovation and shares our vision of a faster future through sustainable supersonic flight.

“We’re proud to work with Honeywell to realise one of the most advanced flight decks in the sky, with state-of-the-art technologies that reduce pilot workload and increase safety.”

Honeywell states that Anthem empowers pilots with advanced and intuitive features and capabilities that dramatically improve aircraft operability.

These include enabling display and control customisation to allow pilots to modify their flight path, review the changes, and initiate the new path with ease.

Anthem can also prioritise improved situational awareness, streamlining the pilot’s primary tasks of aviating, navigating, and communicating. The platform leverages proven technologies, such as conformal Synthetic Vision, to further integrate the pilot with the flight deck avionics. From visualising energy management to increasing terrain awareness, the high resolution displays combine flight symbology with perspective terrain to make flying easier and safer.

Anthem also features a next-generation touchscreen interface that grant ready access to features such as the radio interface and graphical flight planning on the map.

Vipul Gupta, president of electronic solutions at Honeywell Aerospace, said: “For decades, Honeywell has supported aircraft programmes that build the future for aviation. We are looking forward to partnering with Boom to usher in a new generation of supersonic travel.”

Honeywell successfully completed the first flight of its Anthem integrated flight deck using its Pilatus PC-12 test aircraft in May 2023, paving the way for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification.