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In 2013, the X-51A Waverider proved America could build hypersonic weapons — then the US stopped, and Russia and China caught up
On May 1, 2013, Boeing’s X-51A Waverider was dropped from a B-52 Stratofortress over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated to Mach 4 ...
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At 11,400 mph, NASA’s X-43D could have crossed the Atlantic in 18 minutes — 20 years after cancellation, it still has never flown
NASA’s X-43D was designed to fly at Mach 15 — roughly 11,400 miles per hour, fast enough to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 18 ...
Supersonic combustion and scramjet engine dynamics represent a frontier in aerospace propulsion, offering a pathway to ultra‐high-speed flight through the efficient combustion of fuel in a supersonic ...
Australia’s reusable hypersonic engine program could have ramifications well beyond the military sector. Australia continues breaking new ground with its hypersonic weapons program. This time, ...
India's DRDL said it conducted long-duration active cooled scramjet subscale combustor ground testing for more than 1,000 seconds on 25 April. (DRDO) Months after it test-fired an active cooled ...
An Indian military laboratory has passed a milestone toward development of a hypersonic cruise missile, sustaining combustion in a ground rig test for more than 1,000 sec., the Indian government said.
The Langley Research Center maintained an active hypersonic research program from the early days of the formation of NASA in 1958. The goals of the Hypersonic Research Engine (HRE) project, which ...
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