HyShot - Hypersonics News
- Aerospace collaboration ready to take off
- Italy, a key nation in aerospace research, has signalled its intention to collaborate more closely on hypersonics research with The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.
- 25-May-2009
- Space researcher ready to take off for NASA
- Rowan Gollan considers himself fortunate to be the first person to go to NASA under the new memorandum of understanding (MOU) between The University of Queensland and NASA.
- 21-Jul-2008
- Hypersonics research boosted with new appointments
- The University of Queensland has joined with the Defence, Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) to further advance Australia’s leadership in hypersonics research.
- 02-May-2008
- UQ and NASA sign MOU
- The University of Queensland has signed a memorandum of understanding with NASA to continue close collaboration on hypersonic propulsion project
- 23-Apr-2008
- UQ adds Defence to research armoury
- The University of Queensland (UQ) will be at the forefront of a new $80 million centre aimed at giving Australian industry a leading edge in winning major national and international defence contracts.
- 20-Dec-2007
- New partnership aims to tackle skills shortage
- The University of Queensland today announced a new partnership with Boeing and Carnegie Mellon University to help tackle Australia’s critical shortage of qualified software engineers.
- 28-Jun-2007
- Safe launch for scramjet experiment
- A scramjet experiment involving The University of Queensland as a collaborative partner has safely launched today at the Woomera Test Facility, 500km north of Adelaide.
- 15-Jun-2007
- Scramjet, the new generation, closer to reality
- University of Queensland researchers are testing the shapes of things to come ahead of planned scramjet tests in Australia over the next five years.
- 09-Jan-2007
- Scramjet partnership to boost aerospace industry development
- The University of Queensland has welcomed today’s announcement of an $8.5 million partnership in scramjet development between UQ, the Queensland Government and Boeing.
- 09-Apr-2006
- HyShot™ IV payload located
- A PC9 prop jet spotter plane yesterday found the HyShot™ IV payload and 2nd stage rocket after only 20 minutes of searching following the conduct of an experimental test flight at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide yesterday.
- 31-Mar-2006
- HyShot™4 scramjet experiment lifts off
- The HyShot™ IV experimental scramjet test has been conducted today at the Woomera range, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia at about 1.10pm local time (CDT).
- 30-Mar-2006
- Early HyShot™ data encouraging that experiment proceeded
- University of Queensland scientists believe from preliminary data that the HyShot™ III experiment was activated on March 25 and combustion occurred during the experiment.
- 29-Mar-2006
- New launch date set for HyShot™ IV experiment
- The $1.3 million HyShot™ IV experiment appears likely to be held on Thursday, March 30 at the Woomera range, 500km north of Adelaide, at about 12.30pm local time (CDT).
- 28-Mar-2006
- It is rocket science, and now to analyse the data
- The University of Queensland’s research team last night received a portion of the data packet from telemetry teams 400km down range following Saturday’s HyShot™ III scramjet experiment launch in Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, Australia.
- 27-Mar-2006
- HyShot scramjet experiment blasts off in South Australian desert
- A UQ-led scramjet experiment had a perfect liftoff at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia.
- 25-Mar-2006
- Team prepares for scramjet tests
- The University of Queensland HyShot™ team is bunkered down at Woomera range this week ready for two Defence-managed experimental flights of scramjet technology scheduled for Saturday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 28.
- 23-Mar-2006
- Launch facility donated to UQ for scramjet scientific flights
- The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has gifted an advanced rocket launcher to The University of Queensland this week for peaceful, scientific experiments.
- 20-Mar-2006
- Space engineer returns to share his expertise
- A University of Queensland graduate has reversed the brain drain by returning from NASA to work on air-breathing engines known as scramjets in Brisbane, Australia.
- 15-Feb-2006
- High pressure work boosts scramjet research
- University of Queensland rocket scientists have upgraded a key ground test facility ahead of three experimental scramjet flights in Woomera in late 2005.
- 09-Dec-2004
- Engineering students shoot for stars
- The University of Queensland’s fascination with rocket science continues with students testing and launching three different types of supersonic propulsion systems in the last month.
- 19-Nov-2004
- UQ researchers congratulate NASA achievement
- University of Queensland scramjet pioneers have congratulated the NASA team which today successfully flew a hypersonic, scramjet-powered aircraft at about 10 times the speed of sound.
- 17-Nov-2004
- Cairns firm partners UQ in scramjet test venture
- A North Queensland engineering firm will play an important role in next year’s Australian experiments to test the world’s fastest air-breathing engines.
- 27-Oct-2004
- Woomera test ahead of scramjet flights
- University of Queensland scientists will fly a baby rocket at Woomera, South Australia in early October this year to test new systems ahead of next year’s full-scale scramjet engine experimental flights.
- 14-Sep-2004
- Smart women lead the way
- UQ scientists, a psychologist, dentist and environmental engineer have scooped Queensland’s Smart Women – Smart State awards.
- 17-Aug-2004
- Japanese scramjet flight to launch in Australia
- The University of Queensland and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will further develop scramjet technology in a new experiment to fly at Woomera, South Australia, in August, 2005.
- 28-Jul-2004
- UQ student named Young Queenslander of the Year
- A University of Queensland PhD student aiding the fight against skin cancer has been named the 2004 Young Queenslander of the Year.
- 09-Jun-2004
- Hypersonics Research Speeds Up
- The world’s fastest air-breathing engine will fly in Australia in 2005 in a collaborative two-nation experiment that is expected to provide a major boost to the fledgling scramjet technology.
- 17-May-2004
- HyShot team congratulate NASA on scramjet success
- Australian scramjet pioneers today congratulated the NASA team which at the weekend flew an airbreathing scramjet powered aircraft freely for the first time.
- 29-Mar-2004
- NASA scientist looks into space
- A leading NASA scientist and The University of Queensland’s “rocket man” Professor Allan Paull will speak about the future of high speed flight at a UQ Bright Minds Frontiers in Science event next week. (Wednesday, February 11).
- 06-Feb-2004
- Hyshot soars into next phase
- The University of Queensland’s internationally celebrated HyShot™ program has been given its own rocket boost through an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant of almost $2 million announced this week.
- 16-Oct-2003
- HyShot program secures place in flight history
- University of Queensland researchers today (August 16) claimed success for the world`s first flight test of supersonic combustion, the process used in an air-breathing supersonic ramjet engine, known as a scramjet.
- 16-Aug-2002
- HyShot rocket scientists at UQ Study Expo and Open Day on Sunday
- Members of The University of Queensland-led HyShot team will attend the free UQ Study Expo and Open Day on Sunday, August 4 to share their experiences with the public.
- 02-Aug-2002
- HyShot launch successful - positive signs for experiment
- University of Queensland researchers say the launch of the HyShot experiment at the Woomera Prohibited Range today was successful.
- 30-Jul-2002
- HyShot experiment takes-off
- The HyShot experiment - attempting the world`s first flight test of the supersonic combustion process - was launched at 1135 local time (1205 AEST) at the Woomera Prohibited Area, 500km north of Adelaide today.
- 30-Jul-2002
- Scramjet test on the launchpad, ready for take-off
- A University of Queensland team is gearing up for Tuesday`s historic attempt to flight test the supersonic combustion process used in a scramjet for the first time in the world.
- 27-Jul-2002
- Milestones in the history of scramjets
- Ramjets predated World War II, with beginnings in 1913, when Rene Lorin of France recognised the possibility of using ram pressure in a propulsive device.
- 27-Jul-2002
- HyShot experiment significance
- The HyShot experiment involves the world’s first flight tests using supersonic combustion. UQ researchers (Dr Allan Paull, Emeritus Professor Ray Stalker and Dr David Mee) already hold the record for being the first group reported in the open literature to “fly” a scramjet in a UQ ground test facility in 1993.
- 27-Jul-2002
- HyShot scramjet program on track
- Yesterday’s unsuccessful Japanese aeronautical experiment at Woomera is unlikely to cause delays to the international HyShot program to test a scramjet in flight for the first time in the world.
- 15-Jul-2002
- UQ welcomes report into Hyshot scramjet flight anomaly
- The University of Queensland has welcomed the findings of an independent investigation into a flight anomaly of last year’s HyShot scramjet experiment.
- 20-Jun-2002
- HyShot second flight lines up for takeoff
- The University of Queensland is working towards the second flight in the international HyShot program to proceed at Woomera, possibly in late July or early August.
- 22-May-2002
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