Boeing X-51, unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft, The Boeing Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA


The Warp Speed of Today: Boeing's X-51A WaveRider

Published on May 3, 2013

The X-51A Waverider is an unmanned scramjet-powered demonstration aircraft, capable of achieving hypersonic speeds five times the speed of sound. At that speed an aircraft could travel across the U.S. in under an hour.
 
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