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 2007The 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 2006The 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 2006A 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 2006The 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 2006The 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 2006A UQ-led scramjet experiment had a perfect liftoff at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia.
25 March 2006The 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 2006A 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 2006The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has gifted an advanced rocket launcher to The University of Queensland this week for peaceful, scientific experiments.
20 March 2006A 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 2006University of Queensland rocket scientists have upgraded a key ground test facility ahead of three experimental scramjet flights in Woomera in late 2005.
9 December 2004University 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 2004A 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 2004The 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 July 2004A University of Queensland PhD student aiding the fight against skin cancer has been named the 2004 Young Queenslander of the Year.
9 June 2004The 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 2004Australian scramjet pioneers today congratulated the NASA team which at the weekend flew an airbreathing scramjet powered aircraft freely for the first time.
29 March 2004A 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).
6 February 2004The 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.
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