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SCRAMSPACE - the next frontier
A talented new team of young scientists and engineers at The University of Queensland (UQ) is building a hypersonic scramjet which will fly at 8600 km/h in South Australia next year.
13-May-2011
Robots imitate honey bees for aircraft aerobatics
Australian scientists have developed a novel autopilot that guides aircraft through complex aerobatic manoeuvres by watching the horizon like a honey bee.
01-Dec-2010
Up, up and away with scramjet project
Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry Richard Marles MP visited The University of Queensland today Wednesday July14, 2010, to meet scientists and inspect progress on a million project to help develop scramjet-based access-to-space systems.
13-Jul-2010
One $14m step towards scramjets for access to space
The University of Queensland will lead a $14 million international consortium to develop scramjet-based access-to-space systems, flying an autonomous scramjet vehicle at eight times the speed of sound – Mach 8, or 8600 km/h.
27-Feb-2010
UQ staff member celebrates 50 years of service
As The University of Queensland gears up to celebrate its centenary in 2010, one University staff member will mark his own half-century achievement.
19-Jan-2010
New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff
University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer.
24-Dec-2009
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
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