Stratolaunch Studies Air-Breathing Propulsion For Next Test Vehicle

Talon-A1

The fifth Talon-A vehicle could be adapted for a new set of missions with an added air-breathing propulsion system.

Credit: Stratolaunch
In an age of increasingly routine rocket-powered but expendable hypersonic flight, reusable aircraft propelled by air-breathing propulsion to speeds faster than Mach 5 rank among the aerospace industry’s last unrealized dreams. Stratolaunch, based out of Mojave Air & Space Port in California, aims...
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