September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... competitor (offering a two-stage to orbit solution), in the shape of Canada-based Space Engine Systems (SES). Hypersonic technology The intention of SES is to develop a fleet of reusable, horizontal take-off and landing spaceplanes Put simply...
July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
... flight in August 2011 The ability to avoid countermeasures has driven military research into hypersonics. Test engineers ready a Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-1 model prior to a Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 operation The attractive and compelling...
July 2014
X-51A Waverider, hypersonics, and the potential of airbreathing engines
... actually begun in the late 1950s, were continued as part of the National Aerospace Plane Program of the 1980s. Hypersonic technology could lead to vehicles that fly to orbit in part with airbreathing engines instead of rockets The X-43A...
