The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has completed the critical design review of the X-60A hypersonic flight research vehicle programme. Formerly known as the GOLauncher 1, the X-60A vehicle is being developed under collaboration between AFRL Aerospace Systems … Continued
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is advancing research on a hypersonic Mach 5 passenger aircraft that can cross the Pacific in merely two hours. The agency aims to reach its technological goals within the 2020s, developing a technology … Continued
PARIS — France has awarded ArianeGroup a contract to develop a hypersonic glider technology demonstrator that is due to make its first flight by the end of 2021, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly announced Jan. 21. “We have … Continued
New adversary missiles are to be met by a host of technologies that, by and large, don’t exist yet. President Donald Trump took to a Pentagon podium on Thursday to paint a picture of a gathering storm — a … Continued
An artist’s rendering shows two common designs of “air-breathing” and “boost-glide” hypersonic strike vehicles. This illustration was produced by defense contractor Raytheon and reviewed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. (Rendering courtesy of Raytheon) ( (Rendering … Continued
The United States Department of Defence has suggested it is investing in the modernisation of its missile defences, but pretty soon these could be useless. Global powers, including the United States and Russia, have been working on the concept of … Continued
Il progetto si pone l’obiettivo principale di validare in volo alcune delle tecnologie chiave del volo ipersonico ed in particolare del volo trans-atmosferico. Tale obiettivo viene raggiunto attraverso il design, manufacturing, assemblaggio e test in volo di un velivolo senza … Continued
Dopo aver guidato le fasi A/B1, il CIRA si conferma anche per le fasi B2/C tra i protagonisti del programma spaziale dell’ESA “Space Rider”, il cui obiettivo è di dotare l’Europa di un sistema di trasporto spaziale riutilizzabile…… Fonte: CIRA, … Continued
Note Introduttive Se la ricerca scientifica ed il progresso tecnologico sono i tasselli fondamentali per progredire verso l’accesso alle alte velocità, ed in parallelo allo spazio, la capacità industriale ha bisogno di idonee infrastrutture per sperimentare e convalidare i … Continued
Note Introduttive Il crescente impegno internazionale nelle attività aerospaziali e l’esigenza di creare anche in Italia le condizioni per una fruttuosa collaborazione tra industria e committente pubblico nei settori di ricerca avanzata, quali il volo suborbitale e/o ipersonico, rendono … Continued
