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Exotic Italian research hitches a ride on UQ hypersonic scramjet
An exotic ceramic material that could one day be used to build hypersonic flight craft will be hitching a ride on a free-flying scramjet flight experiment built by The University of Queensland’s SCRAMSPACE flight team.
13-Mar-2013
UQ leaders at international hypersonics conference
The University of Queensland and Australia were among world leaders in space plane and hypersonics research at a conference in France last week.
05-Oct-2012
SCRAMSPACE scramjet flight gets the green light
It’s all systems go for the experimental SCRAMSPACE scramjet flight, which passed its Critical Design Review in Brisbane recently.
11-Jul-2012
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
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