USAF Research Lab looks for ‘Mayhem’, larger air-breathing hypersonic engine

X-51A Waverider under the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress - 2 - USAF

Source: US Air Force

The Expendable Hypersonic Multi-Mission Air-Breathing Demonstrator programme, referred to also as Mayhem, would be a competition to design, fabricate and integrate a large cruise missile.

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