Hypersonics

Hypersonix Launch Systems’ Australian produced SPARTAN fifth generation scramjet engine has demonstrated in a hypersonic shock tunnel that it can accelerate up to 10 times the speed of sound in real life flight conditions.

University of Queensland final year student Justin Clarke is bound for Oxford University after being named Queensland’s 2021 Rhodes Scholar.

Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews has used a recent interview to spruik Australia’s capabilities in the research and development of hypersonics, with applications across commercial and defence aerospace.

An upgrade of one of the largest expansion tube wind tunnels in the world will allow UQ researchers to test larger scale vehicles at up to seven times the speed of sound.