Friday, March 18, 2011

X-51A Hypersonic Scramjet Ready For A Second Test


X-51 Hypersonic Scramjet Test Bird Ready For Second Test -- Register

Mach 6 success could indicate spaceplane potential.

The X-51A hypersonic scramjet project is back on track, according to its chiefs, with problems that occurred on the inaugural test flight now ironed out and a second flight pencilled in for 22 March.

"We are proud of the first flight results, and at the same time we understand the inherent risk in a high-technology demonstrator like the X-51A. We can't wait to get this second vehicle in the air and show what we can do," says Curtis Berger of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, the firm which built the X-51's radical engine.

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More News On The X-51A

Second X-1A Waverider set for flight -- UPI
P&W readies modified scramjet for second X-51A hypersonic flight -- Flight Global
Air Force Preps Mach 6 Scramjet for 2nd Flight -- Tom's Style
Modified X-51A Waverider ready for next hypersonic test -- Defpro
Air Force’s second hypersonic Waverider flight set for March 22 -- Dayton Daily News
Air Force Preps Scramjet For Another Shot At Mach 6 -- Conceivably tech
DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: The X-51A Waverider -- DoD Live

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