Hypersonic Ground Tests Underway at NASA Langley
Pratt & Whitney and NASA's Langley Research Center are beginning hot-fire tests of the hypersonic Ground Demonstration Engine (GDE-2) at the Hampton, Va., facility. The firings in a wind tunnel at Mach 5 conditions mark the first test of a hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet propulsion system using a single...
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