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“We couldn’t have made the engine itself—it would have melted down into slag if we had tried to produce it five years ago,†O’Banion said.
“But now we can digitally print that engine with an incredibly sophisticated cooling system integral into the material of the engine itself, and have that engine survive for multiple firings for routine operation.†The aircraft is also agile at hypersonic speeds, with reliable engine starts, he said.
In the early 2000s, he added, developers “could not have even built it even if we conceived of it.â€
Last week, Google Earth found a mysterious “hypersonic aircraft†in the swamps of Florida hiding at a secret airbase, which looks similar to the SR-72. Conveniently, Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation are located just a stone’s throw away from the hidden airbase housing the mysterious aircraft. Interesting to note, Pratt & Whitney manufactures the scramjet engine for the X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle.
“But now we can digitally print that engine with an incredibly sophisticated cooling system integral into the material of the engine itself, and have that engine survive for multiple firings for routine operation.†The aircraft is also agile at hypersonic speeds, with reliable engine starts, he said.
In the early 2000s, he added, developers “could not have even built it even if we conceived of it.â€
Last week, Google Earth found a mysterious “hypersonic aircraft†in the swamps of Florida hiding at a secret airbase, which looks similar to the SR-72. Conveniently, Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation are located just a stone’s throw away from the hidden airbase housing the mysterious aircraft. Interesting to note, Pratt & Whitney manufactures the scramjet engine for the X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle.