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NASA’s X-43A Scramjet Almost Hit Mach 10 But Got the Hypersonic ‘Axe’

A’s Legacy Go Operational? -In 2004, NASA’s X-43A set the air-breathing speed record at Mach 9.6, validating scramjet combustion but only for 10 seconds before gliding to splashdown. -The demo ended ...
The National Interest

Mach 10 Breakthrough: GE’s New Hypersonic Jet Engine Could Transform Air Travel

The race to field reusable hypersonic aircraft got a whole lot hotter last month, with GE Aerospace announcing a breakthrough in high-speed jet engine design that could potentially allow conventional ...
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Notre Dame unveils first-ever hypersonic Mach 10 wind tunnel

Army Futures Command Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Michael C. McCurry, left, and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Christopher Grady, right, toured Notre Dame's Turbomachinery Laboratory on ...
The Washington Post

With 'Scramjet,' NASA Shoots for Mach 10

HAMPTON, Va. -- They call it a "scramjet," an engine so blindingly fast that it could carry an airplane from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., in about 20 minutes -- or even quicker. So fast it could ...