X-43 Scramjet Manager to Speak at Assembly, NEPCON East
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BOSTONCharles R. McClinton, technology manager for the Hyper-X Program at NASA's Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA), will present the keynote address, "Breaking the Hypersonic Barrier," at the Assembly East, NEPCON East and Electro manufacturing exhibitions.
The co-located events are taking place May 4-5 at the new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Last November, NASA's X-43 research vehicle made aviation history with the second successful flight of a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. Scramjet-powered aircraft are being developed with an eye toward ultra high-speed commercial flights within the atmosphere and in Earth orbit.