Mode Transition (MoTr) Demonstration

Abstract

The Mode Transition (MoTr) Demonstration program aimed to ground test a turbine-based combined-cycle (TBCC) engine using hydrocarbon fuel. The MoTr program objective was to demonstrate transition from turbojet to ramjet/scramjet cycle to enable reusable, air-breathing, hypersonic flight. MoTr leveraged 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) program. The transition partner was to have been the Air Force.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
9f619842c6a3de62414cc5f1aade3d27

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers

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