US prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation has opened a new Hypersonics Capability Center (HCC) in Elkton, Maryland to produce advanced propulsion solutions that can power hypersonic missiles beyond Mach 5. The HCC is the first US facility designed specifically for…
Hypersonix has taken delivery of a technology demonstrator version of its hydrogen powered SCRAMJET (Supersonic Combustion Ramjet) manufactured in High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites (HTCMCs) by a leading European aerospace manufacturer. HTCMCs are capable of resisting repeated cycles of extreme…
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne team have successfully completed a second Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) flight test, doubling the amount of scramjet powered vehicle data. Launching from a…