DARPA Unveils Details About the Mach 6 Vulcan Engine

How does one plan a propulsion system that mix a full - scale turbine engine and a Constant Volume Combustion ( CVC ) locomotive that is equal to of delivering 12,000 pounds of lading up to 9,000 nautical miles from the continental United States in less than two hours?DARPAhas release new details on how they plan on tackling this number with their Vulcan locomotive engine - a ramjet / scramjet hybrid that will take an aircraft like the Falcon HTV-3X from 0 to Mach 4 with a traditional turbine locomotive engine , then kick back in the CVC to push it to Mach 6 and beyond .

Obviously , that would streamline a mental process that presently requires a second aircraft to take the carpenter’s plane up to the ultrasonic speeds necessary to employ a CVC “ scramjet ” engine . Like all of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency projects , the Vulcan locomotive is definitely an ambitious task - and the 2012 date they set to have a working prototype does n’t help matters . Check out Aviation Week for more technical contingent on Vulcan . [ AviationweekviaCraveviaDVICE ]

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