Mode Transition (MoTr) Demonstration
Abstract
(U) The Mode Transition (MoTr) Demonstration program, an outgrowth of the Falcon program, seeks to ground test a turbine-based combined-cycle (TBCC) engine using hydrocarbon fuel. The MoTr program will demonstrate transition from turbojet to ramjet/scramjet cycle and is the critical experiment required to enable reusable, air-breathing, hypersonic flight. MoTr leverages previous and on-going advances in air-breathing propulsion technology, including the Falcon Combined-cycle Engine Technology (FaCET) and the Air Force/DARPA High Speed Turbine Engine Technology Demonstration (HiSTED) programs. Beginning in FY 2010, this program will be funded in PE 0603286E, Project AIR-01, Advanced Aerospace Systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 635a7d85066ed4560467d268986d114d