July 2014
X-51A Waverider, hypersonics, and the potential of airbreathing engines
...High-speed weapons could include hypersonic cruise missiles, able to fly several hundred kilometres in a matter of minutes on scramjet power; or unpowered boostglide craft that reach hypersonic speeds on a rocket booster, and then glide at high speed...
July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
... (HAWC) and Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) programmes. The intent of HAWC is flight demonstration of an affordable Mach 5-plus scramjet-powered cruise missile. TBG, on the other hand, aims to demonstrate a rocket-launched hypersonic glide weapon capable...
October 2025
High-altitude platforms - the search for an optimised legal framework
... return of supersonic transport aircraft (SSTs), the emergence of sub-orbital hypersonic transport vehicles (HSTs) using ‘scramjet’ propulsion, the growth of sub-orbital space tourism and expanding interest in commercial and state-sponsored satellite...
06 January 2021
India lays out its space plans for the next 10 years
... vehicle development towards heavy lift capabilities, achieving partial and full reusability”, along with a focus on scramjet engine research. The Liquid Propulsion Systems Center (LPSC) is to play a role in developing a high thrust semicryogenic...
