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Detonation engine could propel aircraft to Mach 17: 10 top stories of the week 14 May 2021 Professional Engineering A conceptual hypersonic aircraft powered by an oblique detonation wave engine (Background image credit: NASA. Aircraft and composite image credit: Daniel Rosato, UCF) Detonation engine could propel aircraft to Mach 17 Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a new type of detonation engine, which they say could propel aircraft to 17-times the speed of sound. The oblique wave detonation engine, also known as the standing wave engine, produces a ...

Collins Aerospace provides avionics for Nasa’s X-59 QueSST aircraft Share 4 hours ago Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Raytheon Technologies unit Collins Aerospace has delivered a Large Format Display system for Nasa’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft. The company was contracted by Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor of the X-59 project, to develop a customised avionics solution. Collins Aerospace worked closely with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and Nasa to jointly develop software applic...

NASA selects contractor for quiet supersonic flight community testing NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, to support a national campaign of community overflight tests using the agency’s Significant subcontractors include: • Blue Ridge Research and Consulting LLC of Asheville, North Carolina • EMS Brüel & Kjær Inc. of Folsom, California NASA is designing and building the X-59 research aircraft – a piloted, single-seat supersonic X-plane – with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thum...

Blue Ridge Research and Consulting LLC of Asheville, North Carolina EMS Brüel & Kjær Inc. of Folsom, California NASA is designing and building the X-59 research aircraft – a piloted, single-seat supersonic X-plane – with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thump. NASA’s aeronautical innovators are leading a team across government and industry to collect data that could allow supersonic flight over land, dramatically reducing travel time within the United States or to anywhere in the world. The scope of the work under this contract includes supporti...

NASA Selects Contractor for Quiet Supersonic Flight Community Testing News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, to support a national campaign of community overflight tests using the agency's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology research aircraft. This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $29 million with an eight-year period of performance. Significant subcontractors in...