A more efficient scramjet that could form the basis of a combined-cycle engine able to power a vehicle from take-off to hypersonic cruise is expected to be flown in Australia by mid-June. The sounding ...

University of Queensland scientists will fly a baby rocket at Woomera, South Australia in early October this year to test new systems ahead of next year’s full-scale scramjet engine experimental ...

PRACTICAL SCRAMJET GRAHAM WARWICK HAMPTON Will the supersonic-combustion ramjet ever be a usable means of propulsion? Boeing, Pratt & Whitney… Will the supersonic-combustion ramjet ever be a usable ...

Key Points and Summary - Boeing’s X-51A “Waverider” was a hypersonic tech demonstrator built with AFRL, DARPA, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to validate scramjet flight. -Air-dropped from a B-52, the ...

The X-51A Waverider hypersonic scramjet project is set for its second test flight today, and the U.S. Air Force hopes it will demonstrate technology that can eventually be used for more efficient ...

Key Points and Summary - NASA Planned a Mach 15 X-43D. It Never Flew — and That Matters Now. -NASA’s X-43A proved that an air-breathing scramjet could fly at hypersonic speeds, reaching Mach 7 and ...

A team that includes NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is celebrating the successful launch of an experimental hypersonic scramjet research flight from the Pacific Missile Range ...

WOOMERA, Australia, July 31 (UPI) -- An international aerospace research consortium achieved a milestone in aviation Tuesday with the first-ever successful test flight of a new type of jet engine ...