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 ...
A scramjet engine made by Northrop Grumman set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in US Air Force history. Ground tests of the 5.5m (18ft)-long engine were ...
After a two-year upgrade of its test facilities, the AEDC Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee has finally been able to test the latest Northrop Grumman scramjet ...
Chinese researchers have published a new AI-driven system designed to interpret scramjet combustion simulations at speeds ...
The Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV), a sounding rocket (research rocket) with a solid booster carrying advanced scramjet engines, was successfully flight-tested from the launch pad of the Sathish ...
WASHINGTON — A long-awaited test of an Australian supersonic combustion ramjet, or scramjet, engine ended in failure Sept. 18 when the rocket carrying the experiment was unable to reach the proper ...
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According to the U.S. Air Force, the flight test for the experimental X-51A WaveRider plane which could potentially travel up to 4500mph has resulted in failure. As previously reported on SmartPlanet, ...
The Freeflight Atmospheric Scramjet Test Technique, or FASTT, is the first liquid fuel-powered scramjet to fly, says the U.S. Office of Naval Research. A joint Office of Naval Research/Defense ...
The world’s first successful air-breathing hypersonic engine flew at record-breaking speed Saturday over California, thanks largely to NASA Langley. Local NASA researchers helped make history Saturday ...
A new scramjet engine, shaped like a bullet, will be tested in the Australian desert tomorrow by an international team of scientists that hopes it will be more efficient than previous designs.