{"id":2140,"date":"2017-07-26T12:09:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nachodelatorre.com.ar\/mosconi\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2017-07-26T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:09:30","slug":"hifire-program-ensayo-de-vuelo-exitoso-para-el-desarrollo-de-vehiculos-de-hipervelocidad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=2140","title":{"rendered":"HIFIRE Program: Ensayo de vuelo exitoso para el desarrollo de veh\u00edculos de hipervelocidad"},"content":{"rendered":"

El ensayo de vuelo exitoso de un Veh\u00edculo Hipers\u00f3nico en el marco del\u00a0HIFiRE Program<\/strong>, desarrollo \u00a0conjunto del Australian Defence Science and Technology Group y el US Air Force Research Laboratory, es un avance m\u00e1s en la b\u00fasqueda\u00a0 de alternativas para cubrir grandes distancias, con un veh\u00edculo viajando a velocidades hasta ahora impensadas de hasta MACH 7.\u00a0El\u00a0HIFIRE 4<\/strong>\u00a0fue dise\u00f1ado para evaluar la fabricaci\u00f3n de componentes, su ensamble y ensayos de pre-vuelo para aeronaves que viajen a \u00a0velocidades hipers\u00f3nicas, a fin de adquirir experiencia y nuevas capacidades, para el desarrollo de la avi\u00f3nica y sistemas de control, sometidos a exigencias extremas. El vuelo Hipers\u00f3nico, abre as\u00ed una enorme gama de posibilidades que podr\u00edan revolucionar los viajes por medio a\u00e9reo, haciendo m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil y barato volar alrededor de la tierra y el espacio.<\/p>\n

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\"TheThe dream of a flight from London to Sydney in two to four hours came a step closer to reality after the latest iteration of the\u00a0HiFIRE hypersonic vehicle<\/a>\u00a0made another successful experimental flight at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia. The HIFIRE 4 flight was designed to study the design assembly and pre-flight testing of hypersonic vehicles as well as new, complex avionics and control systems.<\/p>\n

Despite the success of the flight, details of the secretive test have not been made public. A previous test of the unmanned Australian-American vehicle reached a velocity of Mach 7.5 (5,710 mph, 9,188 km\/h) and an altitude of 278 km (173 mi), but the speed and altitude achieved in the latest test flight hasn’t been revealed.<\/p>\n

“Hypersonic flight has the potential to revolutionize air travel, making it faster and cheaper to travel around the world and into space,” says University of Queensland (UQ) Chair of Hypersonic Propulsion Professor Michael Smart. “The experimental flight, designated as ‘HIFiRE 4,’ was part of the HIFiRE Program conducted by the [Australian] Defence Science and Technology Group and US Air Force Research Laboratory, partnering with UQ, Boeing, and BAE Systems.”<\/p>\n

The United States and Australian defense departments are particularly interested in the results of HiFIRE because hypersonic flight is considered a potential game changer. Hypersonic missiles would be able to travel at speeds previously only possible for suborbital warheads, giving them an ability to strike with almost no warning and penetrating current anti-missile defenses.<\/p>\n

The HiFIRE glider is boosted by sounding rockets before being propelled to up to eight times the speed of sound by a scramjet engine before being set on a hypersonic glide trajectory. The project began in 2006 and\u00a0previous test flights<\/a>\u00a0were conducted from the US Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. Further tests are underway at Woomera to take advantage of the vast area and continuous data collection facilities.<\/p>\n

FlightGlobal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reports that BAE Systems Australia said, “We were pleased to support the DST with the successful flight trial; the most complex of all HIFiRE flights conducted to date, to further the fundamental scientific understanding of hypersonic flight\u2026 This flight trial is a significant step forward in proving this technology and enhancing our collective understanding of how it could be employed across a range of applications.”<\/p>\n

The video below shows the HIFIRE 4 test flight launch.<\/p>\n