We have achieved a breakthrough in aerospace engine technology by developing ultra-lightweight heat exchangers 100 times lighter than existing technologies that allow the cooling of very hot airstreams from over 1,000 °C to minus 150 °C in less than 1/100th of a second.
This integrated air-breathing and rocket propulsion technology enables the following vehicle applications:
- Mach 5 high altitude cruise:
- Fly anywhere in the world in 4 hours
- Efficient sub-sonic and hypersonic cruise modes
- Low-cost reusable space access:
- Aircraft-like access to space
- Operates from runway to orbit and back
- Order of magnitude reduction in cost vs. existing technology
- 400 x improved reliability
- Responsive access to space
Reaction Engines Ltd
http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/