Boeing, AFRL eye dual-mode scramjet design to arm F/A-18s with hypersonic cruise missiles

By Jason Sherman / October 29, 2020 at 4:54 PM
The Defense Department this week disclosed a significant new hypersonic project that is tailored to potentially outfit naval aviators with an ultrafast cruise missile -- particularly F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters operating from aircraft carriers -- that aims to advance a Boeing concept for a dual-mode scramjet design. Gillian Bussey, director of the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office, said DOD recently awarded Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne a contract as part of the JHTO's effort to promote industry advance concept development projects, an...

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