X-43 Hyper-X Program News Archive

Scientists gear up for new scramjet tests
Posted on: Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 | abc.net.au

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.

Towards air-breathing rockets
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | hindu.com

THE INDIAN Space Research Organisation (ISRO) added another feather to its cap when it successfully tested the use of oxygen moving at a speed of Mach 6 — six times the speed of sound — in laboratory conditions to produce a stable supersonic combustion lasting for a few seconds.

Wright-Pat scramjet earns X-plane status from the Pentagon
Posted on: Fri Dec 23rd, 2005 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE | The Pentagon has given X-plane status to a $212 million program aimed at test-flying a revolutionary jet engine developed at Wright-Patterson, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced this week.

Guinness Recognizes NASA Scramjet
Posted on: Tue Jun 21st, 2005 | spacedaily.com

NASA has been officially recognized for setting the speed record for a jet-powered aircraft by Guinness World Records. NASA set the record in November during the third and final flight of the experimental X-43A scramjet (supersonic-combustion ramjet) project.

Boeing to Use X-43A Flight Test Results for Future Hypersonic Applications
Posted on: Thu Nov 18th, 2004 | 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.