In collaboration between th Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt – Mobile Rocket Base (DLR-MORABA) and the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) the Hypersonic ...

To close this gap and achieve high integral thermal loads on the vehicle the flight experiment STORT (Key Technologies for High-Speed Return Flights of Launcher Stages) will fly at hot hypersonic ...

UDRI has been particularly active in the area of flight. CFD analysis has been performed throughout the flight regime from subsonic to hypersonic flow. CFD has also been coupled with FEA to provide ...

2. The experiment traveled over the Norwegian Sea at Mach 7.2 and provided a stream of important data on the physics of ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the second flight experiment of its Hypersonic Test Bed (HTB) on Jan.13, the agency said Tuesday. The HTB is a glide ...

For more than three years in the Tiangong space station, astronauts have been conducting a seemingly mundane experiment. It involves striking alloy particles that are suspended in a vacuum chamber ...

UDRI's hypersonic and hypervelocity research supports our customers' efforts to better understand and mitigate the thermal and aerodynamic stresses involved in hypersonic flight (over five times the ...

The Department of Defense successfully tested a hypersonic glide body in a flight experiment conducted from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19 By Task & Purpose Posted on ...

One of the significant challenges in hypersonic flight is managing drag and thermal loads, which can severely impact vehicle performance and safety. Recent research has focused on various ...

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Anello Photonics, a leading firm in silicon photonics technology, has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to develop a cutting-edge navigation system to help hypersonic vehicles operate even in GPS ...