> We can literally define an airplane parametrically in a configuration file and press a button. In a matter of minutes we have a complete quick-and-dirty analysis of how the whole aircraft performs—as mkBoom flies the aircraft through a full simulated mission (takeoff, climbout, acceleration, cruise, descent, landing). Overnight, mkBoom can run higher-fidelity simulations for a more exact understanding of performance.

Awesome stuff! Allows large scale exploration across all dimensions of plane design to jointly optimize all components and their interactions.

Boom’s potential customers wouldn’t be able to put more seats on their planes even if they want to. I suppose the targeted performance affords very little margin for customization

So they can script their design software then. In the modern era I'd consider this table stakes for any big engineering project.

I wonder if they run this through an optimizer then?