Mach 10 Breakthrough: GE’s New Hypersonic Jet Engine Could Transform Air Travel
The race to field reusable hypersonic aircraft got a whole lot hotter last month, with GE Aerospace announcing a breakthrough in high-speed jet engine design that could potentially allow conventional aircraft to fly at speeds that exceed Mach 10.
It’s not impossible that we’d see such an engine incorporated into other experimental efforts, like Lockheed Martin’s secretive SR-72 program that has been rumored to be having its program objectives “rescoped.” Conversely, we could feasibly see this engine concept incorporated into an entirely new aircraft design as well.
But regardless of how this engine program ultimately manifests, one thing is clear: hypersonic aircraft are coming, and we’re getting a bit closer every day.
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