Monday, June 8, 2015

The Pentagon develops ‘scramjet’ – FronteraEnsenada.info

Mà ‰ MEXICO, DF (Agencies) The company ± Ãa a year ago Boeing inició ± os a pilot program dubbed â € œscramjetâ € has been taken up by the Force Aà © area of ​​the United States. So, the Pentagon is working on the upcoming hipersónica weapon ahead of the next decade © each.

combustión ramjet or scramjet supersónica is a variant of the ramjet (engine no reaction turbines and compressors) in which part or the entire process is performed combustión supersónicamente; the oxygen required for the motor is taken directly from the atmosphere running through the vehicle, instead of a tank on board, and can reach impressive speeds.

â € œThe researchers predict speeds ‘scramjet’ that could reach 15 times the speed of sound. A 18-hour trip to Tokyo from New York City becomes a flight horasâ € 2, according to NASA.

The intention of the US Aà © rea Force and DARPA (the arm investigation of the Pentagon) in charge of the project is to improve this vehicle year © hipersónico reo (autónomo, unmanned) from here to 2023 and get it to march 15 (5104.35 meters per second). In addition, also © n are working on the reduction of size ± or of this technology to enable the weapon hipersónica be able to fit in most of the current fleet of bombers.

As a curiosity in 2013, a Boeing X-51 WaveRider, alcanzó the match rà © cord 5 during three and a half minutes.

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