The X-51A Waverider, shown here under the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress, is set to demonstrate hypersonic flight. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne SJY61 scramjet engine, it is designed to ride on its own shockwave and accelerate to about Mach 6.

2024年10月17日 · The X-51A Waverider is a groundbreaking hypersonic aircraft pushing the limits of speed and technology redefining the future of flight.

The X-51A was an unmanned scramjet demonstration vehicle designed and developed by the consortium of Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), The Boeing Company, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to meet the requirements of the United States ...

2010年5月26日 · EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif (AFNS) -- An X-51A Waverider flight-test vehicle successfully made the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight May 26 off the southern California Pacific coast.

The X-51A flight demonstrator meets the requirements associated with the requirements of scramjet engine flight testing. A concise, well structured airframe design synthesis and evaluation process has been defined that meets the requirements of the X-51A program.

2013年5月3日 · The Air Force's X-51A Waverider reached a top speed of Mach 5.1 during the test flight, traveling more than 230 nautical miles in just over six minutes before crashing into the Pacific Ocean off...

An X-51A Waverider flight-test vehicle successfully made the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight May 26 off the southern California Pacific coast.

Published Online:14 Jun 2012 https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2008-2540

2010年6月3日 · The X-51A successfully made the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight to date off the southern California coast on May 26. It was powered by a SJX61-2 that was first validated in a NASA wind tunnel.

2013年5月3日 · Using no moving parts, the Waverider injects hydrocarbon fuel into the combustion chamber where it mixes with oxygen pulled from the atmosphere to create combustion, not unlike trying to light a match in a hurricane. The X-51A was dubbed Waverider because it was designed to ride its own shockwave.