Boeing to Use X-43A Flight Test Results for Future Hypersonic Applications

Published: Thu Nov 18th, 2004
Source: www.boeing.com



CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2004 – Information gained from Tuesday’s record-setting flight of NASA’s Hyper-X research vehicle will be used by Boeing [NYSE: BA] as it designs the future of flight.

Powered by an air-breathing supersonic combustion ramjet engine, or “scramjet,” NASA’s 12.3-foot-long Hyper-X (or X-43A) flew close to Mach 10, or about 7,200 miles per hour, on Nov. 16, after being launched from a B-52 off the Pacific coast after liftoff from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The flight broke a previous speed record for air-breathing aircraft set in March by another X-43A at Mach 6.83, or about 5,000 mph.
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