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 ...
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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 ...
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has achieved a crucial milestone by developing a long-duration supersonic combustion ramjet, or Scramjet powered hypersonic technology. Defence ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...