Jet engines that might make it possible for passenger planes to someday travel at 10,000 mph will soon take to the air. Hypersonic scramjets have been in the works for years, but the Boeing X-51A demonstrator will contain the first scramjet that's actually mounted on board an aircraft. The X-51A is not really a plane but a missile, built to prove that a scramjet can actually work. Its first flight is set for this December. [Read more...]
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