X-51A Team Eyes Results Of Scramjet Flight

By Graham Warwick
Washington

Following the longest flight yet by an air-breathing scramjet engine, the X-51A Waverider team is waiting to see whether the largely successful first launch of the hypersonic demonstrator will unlock funding for further development of the ­technology.

The X-51A was launched over the Pacific on May 26, achieving scramjet ignition and acceleration, but the ...

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