Inlet Offers Supersonic Performance Benefits

Credit: NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
NASA Glenn Research Center engineers have concluded Phase 2 testing of an innovative, external compression inlet that could be used on manned and unmanned supersonic aircraft. Called the Parametric Inlet, the unit was originally developed by TechLand Research in conjunction with Boeing. NASA Glenn's...

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