Pratt & Whitney is developing the technology for hypersonic components and engines. A supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) database was developed using hydrogen fueled propulsion systems for space access vehicles and serves as a point of departure for the current development of hydrocarbon scramjets. The Air Force Hypersonic Technology (HyTech) Program has put programs in place to develop the technologies necessary to demonstrate the operability, performance and structural durability of an expendable, liquid hydrocarbon fueled scramjet system that operates from Mach 4 to 8. This program will culminate in a flight type engine test at representative flight conditions. The hypersonic technology base that will be developed and demonstrated under HyTech will establish the foundation to enable hypersonic propulsion systems for a broad range of air vehicle applications from missiles to space access vehicles. A hypersonic missile flight demonstration is planned in the DARPA Affordable Rapid Response Missile Demonstrator (ARRMD) program in 2001.
Hypersonic Missile Propulsion System
1998
5 pages
Report
No indication
English
Air & Space-Launched Missiles , Rocket Engines & Motors , Supersonic combustion ramjet engines , Rocket ramjets , Air to space missiles , Guided missiles , Flight testing , Hydrocarbons , Liquid propellant rocket engines , Liquid propellants , Hypersonic flight , Hypersonic vehicles , Aq i99-02-0195
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