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US dept of defense providing funding for Reaction engine hypersonic wind tunnel tests -

• nextbigfuture.com Author: brian wang

Audio recordings of a UK Reaction engines presentation are in the NASA Spaceflight forum Reaction Engines is making hypersonic planes and spaceplanes. Their key technology is a precooler.

US Air Forece research lab investigations examined the thermodynamic cycle of the SABRE concept and found no significant barrier to its theoretical viability provided the engine component and integration challenges are met.

In late 2015 / early 2016, BAE Systems invested £20.6 million in Reaction Engines to acquire 20 per cent of its share capital and also enter into a working partner relationship.

BAE Systems will collaborate to accelerate Reaction Engines' development of SABRE – a new aerospace engine class that combines both jet and rocket technologies with the potential to revolutionize hypersonic flight and the economics of space access.
 

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Comment by Paul Yak
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It's disgusting, yet typical, that this engine/cooler technology was brought to being in 1980s yet the UK Govt tied the inventor into a "National Security" deal that tied them to UK, then they would not allow it in public domain or even use it to further fighter jet technology (at least as far as we know about "nudge nudge, wink wink"). Then we design in partner with other great aircraft companies the outdated EuroTyphoon, no stealth gen 4.5 aircraft and expect us to believe this is what we can attain after the fastest planes emerged (SR71 BlackBird) in 1970s. They keep ALL the great tech from the marketplace. This engine would have totally revolutionised jet aircraft. No need for AVGas just good old cheap Hydrogen. The other benefit, flying space shuttle type craft from normal runways and point them vertical at correct height, then its a rocket engine. So no the UK didn't want to revolutionise ALL Air/Space travel with one invention. I for 1 DON'T Believe IT!!!



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