Australia’s SCRAMSPACE hypersonic scramjet could launch as early as Monday, with ideal weather conditions predicted.

15 September 2013

For their outstanding service in a range of fields, an inspiring and distinguished group of staff, students and alumni from The University of Queensland community have been honoured in the 2013 Australia Day awards and honours list.

26 January 2013

Eleven University of Queensland staff and alumni have been named as 2013 Queensland Australia Day Ambassadors.

25 January 2013

The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Professor in Hypersonic Propulsion, Michael Smart, is part of an international research team, which will be honoured at the International Congress on Aeronautics in Brisbane, Australia, on September 23-28.

7 March 2012

Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry Richard Marles MP visited The University of Queensland today Wednesday July 14, 2010, to meet scientists and inspect progress on a million project to help develop scramjet-based access-to-space...

13 July 2010

University of Queensland staff, students and alumni have been honoured in the Australia Day awards, featured as Australia Day Ambassadors or became new Australian citizens at ceremonies across the State.

27 January 2010

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 June 2007

The University of Queensland has received Queensland Government Smart State grants valued at almost $11 million under programs announced during the BIO2006 conference in Chicago.

13 April 2006

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.

9 April 2006

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 March 2006

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 March 2006

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 March 2006

A UQ-led scramjet experiment had a perfect liftoff at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia.

25 March 2006

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 March 2006

A scramjet engine developed by British firm QinetiQ will be tested on Saturday, March 25, at the Defence-managed Woomera range at about 12.30pm South Australian local time as part of the HyShot™ experimental flight series.

21 March 2006

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has gifted an advanced rocket launcher to The University of Queensland this week for peaceful, scientific experiments.

20 March 2006

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 February 2006

University of Queensland rocket scientists have upgraded a key ground test facility ahead of three experimental scramjet flights in Woomera in late 2005.

9 December 2004

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 November 2004

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 October 2004