January 6 2007
Overseas media have reported on the Queensland Government's involvement in a partnership with the
University of Queensland and Boeing that supports a new scramjet program called HIFiRE
The program calls for 10 flight tests to be carried within the next 5 years from the
Woomera rocket range
out in the desert of South OZ
The Australian Defence Science and Technology Organization will lead the OZ portion of the HIFiRE program
along with the University of Queensland - Australian National University - the Australian Defence Force
Academy at the University of New South Wales and the governments of Queensland and South OZ
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The USAF Research Laboratory leads the US participation with contributions from NASA - US industry and various
other Universities
The University of Queensland Centre for Hypersonics was the first in the world to successfully achieve
verified supersonic combustion of a scramjet in flight after launching its hyperpersonic combustion ramjet
in 2002 under the HyShot program - the initial test in 2001 had failed
The USA's initial testing also had its share problems - click HERE to view a report in 2001
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