X-51A WaveRider scramjet demo completes critical design review

HAMPTON, VA. - The X-51A scramjet engine demonstrator has passed critical design review (CDR) and the program has begun procuring flight hardware for a series of Mach 6-7 flight-tests to begin in the summer of 2009. Following a successful series of wind-tunnel tests of a full-scale scramjet here at...

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