[constantcrying]

>I'm overlooking something obvious and reasonable

You are missing the point entirely. Boom builds planes, they don't operate them and they do not build the engines (Kratos does). Their capacity to make the plane use "clean" jet fuel is almost zero. The people who manufacture the engines and operate the planes are the ones who need to put in the effort and pay the costs, it is not Boom who has to care.

This is a pure PR move. They get some nice comments, but their effort to make this true is almost zero. They aren't saying the plane will not work with regular fuels, it definitely will. This is not a bad idea, simply because it basically isn't an idea at all.

[masklinn]

> they do not build the engines (Kratos does).

According to the PR, Kratos (or more specifically FTT) does not build the engines, it (supposedly) will design them.

> The people who manufacture the engines and operate the planes are the ones who need to put in the effort and pay the costs, it is not Boom who has to care.

I mean, the manufacturer usually cares in the sense that the manufacturing and operating costs inform the purchase.

Though obviously the plane would need to exist first for operators to even evaluate it.

[constantcrying]

Kratos will at least build some. I have no idea whether Boom plans to then take over production themselves (I can not imagine that actually happening).

>I mean, the manufacturer usually cares in the sense that the manufacturing and operating costs inform the purchase.

Sure, but Boom never promised what exactly their partners will be doing. Unless they are pushing some serious requirements on Kratos, beyond "the renewable fuel should also work", Kratos doesn't need to really care.