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Chinese Scientists Test Hypersonic Engine: SCMP

It is based on an X-plane proposed by Ming Han Tang, then chief engineer of Nasa’s hypersonic programme in the late 1990s


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The Boeing X-47 was an inspiration for the Chinese designer Ming Han Tang. Photo: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

 

A research team in China has built and tested a prototype hypersonic flight engine based on a bold design by a Nasa scientist more than two decades ago, the South China Morning Post reported.

Unlike most hypersonic aircraft with an engine in the belly, the X-plane proposed by Ming Han Tang – then chief engineer of Nasa’s hypersonic programme in the late 1990s – was driven by two separate engines on the sides.

Read the full report: South China Morning Post

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.