The Boeing X-51 Waverider is an unmanned research scramjet experimental aircraft for hypersonic flight at Mach 5 (3,300 mph; 5,300 km/h) and an altitude...
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space plane Boeing Phantom Ray: Unmanned flying test bed for advanced air system technologies Boeing X-51 Waverider: Hypersonic vehicle Boeing Condor: High...
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"WaveRider" flight test vehicle had been designated as X-51A. The USAF Boeing X-51 was first flown on May 26, 2010, dropped from a B-52. After the X-43...
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Engines A2 (design study) HyperSoar (concept) Boeing X-51 Waverider X-20 Dyna-Soar (cancelled) Rockwell X-30 (cancelled) Avatar RLV (2001 Indian concept...
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supersonic military aircraft, including the SR-71 Blackbird and the Boeing X-51 Waverider. JP-7 was developed for the Pratt & Whitney J58 (JT11D-20) turbojet...
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unveiled under the HVX program Hypersonic cruise missile by 2030 Boeing X-51 Waverider DARPA Falcon Project (Hypersonic Weapon System (HWS) DARPA Hypersonic...
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A waverider is a hypersonic aircraft design that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by using the shock waves being generated by its own flight...
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lift, waveriders, remain an interesting possibility for hypersonic vehicle designs, although only testbed models have been flown. The Boeing X-51 (Waverider)...
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Oblast HGV-202F MIRV Kh-47M2 Kinzhal 3M22 Zircon BrahMos-II DF-ZF Boeing X-51 Waverider Prompt Global Strike DARPA Falcon Project Hypersonic Technology...
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Kinzhal – Russian nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missile Boeing X-51 Waverider – Unmanned hypersonic experimental aircraft BrahMos-II – Joint Russian-Indian...
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compression lift from its own shock wave. Waverider or wave rider, may also refer to: Boeing X-51 Waverider, a hypersonic research aircraft Wave Rider...
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development Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Rockwell X-30, 1990–1993 project for SSTO prototype Boeing X-51 Waverider Hypersonic Flight Experiment IXV Fisher, Richard...
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2003, p. 60. "X-51 Waverider makes historic hypersonic flight". US Air Force Public Affairs. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010. "X-51 Scramjet Engine...
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studied. The NASA X-43A flew on scramjet for 10 seconds, and then glided for 10 minutes on its last flight in 2004. The Boeing X-51 Waverider flew on scramjet...
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service from the late 2030s. Aerodynamics would benefit from the Boeing X-51 Waverider experience, riding the leading edge shockwave for lower induced...
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research. Boeing X-51 Waverider (2010) (USA), scramjet powered demonstrator Shenyang J-21/J-31 Gyrfalcon (2012) (China). Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST (2018)...
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Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon – (France, Italy, United Kingdom) YJ-12 – (China) Boeing X-51 Waverider – (United States) RATTLRS – (United States) ASM-3 – (Japan) Yun...
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ArcLight (missile) (USA) DARPA Falcon Project (USA) Boeing X-51 Waverider (USA) North American X-15 (USA) Tupolev Tu-130 (Russia) BrahMos-II (India /...
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List of experimental aircraft (section X-planes)
demonstrator Boeing X-50 Dragonfly – Gyrodyne unmanned aerial vehicle Boeing X-51 Waverider – Mach 5+ scramjet missile demonstrator Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic...
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Boeing X-49 SpeedHawk – Piasecki X-50 Dragonfly – Boeing X-51 Waverider – Boeing X-52 – skipped X-53 – Boeing X-54 – Gulfstream (in development) X-55 –...
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payload bay, carrying up to 100 pounds (45 kg) to low Earth orbit. X-51 WaveRider hypersonic test vehicle flown at Mach 5.1 (5,400 km/h; 3,400 mph) at...
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Scramjet programs (section Boeing X-51)
Island site. The Boeing X-51 is a scramjet demonstration aircraft for hypersonic (Mach 7, around 8,050 km/h) flight testing. The X-51 WaveRider program is a...
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Retrieved 7 December 2011. "Air Force says it's extending mission of mysterious X-37B". Los Angeles Times. 29 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9...
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during his first solo flight. 13 June The second test launch of the Boeing X-51 Waverider ends in failure off the Southern California coast when the vehicle...
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operational.[citation needed] The aerodynamic configuration was an example of a waverider. Most of the lift was generated by the fuselage by compression lift. The...
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launching them from its B-52s. In May 2010, a squadron launched a Boeing X-51 Waverider experimental unmanned scramjet. On 14 May 2022, a squadron B-52...
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altitudes. It first flew in 1996. Built by Accurate Automation. NASA X-43 Boeing X-51 "NASA - LoFlyte". https://spaceagecontrol.com/Main/Adpacc "NASA's LoFLYTE™...
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the X-51A Waverider for approximately 200 seconds at Mach 5, setting a new world record for flight duration at hypersonic airspeed. The Waverider flew...
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of Aeronautics and Astronautics. pp. 23–4. ISBN 978-1-56347-035-6. X-51 Waverider makes historic hypersonic flight. United States Air Force. 26 May 2010...
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