According to the U.S. Air Force, the flight test for the experimental X-51A WaveRider plane which could potentially travel up to 4500mph has resulted in failure. As previously reported on SmartPlanet, ...
Key Points and Summary - NASA's X-43A, an unmanned scramjet testbed, set the world record for an air-breathing aircraft by hitting Mach 9.6 in 2004. -Launched from a B-52 and boosted by a Pegasus ...
NEW DELHI: India has for the first time carried out a successful ground test of a scramjet engine, an air breathing engine capable of sustaining combustion during supersonic flights, with the defence ...