GE Aerospace Boosts Hypersonic Hopes With HyCAT Win

GE HyCAT small testbed
Credit: GE Aerospace
LYNN, Mass.—GE Aerospace will develop an air-breathing, dual-mode ramjet-powered Mach 5 flying testbed under a contract awarded through the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) program. The project, dubbed Derecho from a borrowed...
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