Breaking barriers: engine start-up Ursa Major powers US return to hypersonic flight

Ursa Major Hadley engine exhaust

Source: Ursa Major

One of the Colorado manufacturer’s Hadley rocket engines propelled the Stratolaunch Talon-A test vehicle to speeds beyond Mach 5 in May, the first US-made aircraft to hit that mark since the 1960s.

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