News Update - October 2008
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| In mid-October the kick-off meeting for the LAPCAT II programme took place. LAPCAT II is a follow-on to the successful LAPCAT I programme aimed at technology development for long range hypersonic civil flight. Two vehicle concepts (the pre-cooled turbojet powered Mach 5 and scramjet powered Mach 8) are retained in the new programme. LAPCAT II will be completed over a 4 year period and involves 16 partners. The total budget is €10.4M with the EU contributing €7.4M. Reaction Engines is managing the Mach 5 A2 work package which will include intake, nozzle, combustion chamber and vehicle structure studies.
In October, Garry Voss commenced his role as Senior Engineer for Reaction Engines. He brings a vast background of experience in power engineering and manufacture from his previous work in the Nuclear Fusion Research environment. |
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| Site Update: IAC Conference 2008 Report 20 October 2008 Images from Reaction Engines stand at the 59th International Astronautical Congress in Glasgow, which ran from 29th September to 3rd October 2008. |
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| Site Update: New papers added 8 October 2008 Five new papers, including four that were presented at IAC 2008, have been added to the PDF Documents page. |
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