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April 8, 2019-In the aerospace world, much of the chatter surrounding hypersonic propulsion is in regards to defensive and offensive military capabilities for aircraft and weapons systems. There are civilian applications though, obviously, and UK-based Reaction Engines have stated they their precooler component has successfully handled temperatures of 420 degrees Celsius, which equals the temperatures aircraft would face at Mach 3.3. Reaction Engines say they intend to push its precooler to temperatures hotter than 1,000 degrees Celsius which aircraft are exposed to at Mach 5.
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Jamie Whitney, Associate Editor
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