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Air Force Analyzing Data From ’95 Percent Successful’ Scramjet Flight

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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force, along with contractors Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne [UTX] and Boeing [BA], are studying the details of last week's record-setting scramjet flight--the first and only planned launch this year of the X-51 Waverider. "We were 95 percent successful," Charles Brink, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) program manager, said during a June 1 teleconference with reporters. The X-51A was launched over the Pacific on May 26, but the scramjet engine ran for only 200 seconds…

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