Chemical Propulsion Information Agency Bulletin, Volume 26, Number 3. The JHU Applied Physics Laboratory Continues a Long History of Propulsion Research

摘要

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) has been involved with rocket and missile propulsion as a technology developer, as an evaluator of propulsion technology, and as a user of propulsion units for over fifty years. JHU/APL has been at the forefront of research and development in ramjet scramjet, and mixed-cycle air-breathing propulsion systems since 1944, with the development and first successful flight test of a surface-launched, supersonic ramjet for the U.S. Navy. This leading edge high- speed air-breathing propulsion research continues today at APL with the development and evaluation of propulsion technology for the U.S. Navy Hypersonic Weapon Technology (HWT), the U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Technologies (HyTech), DARPA's Affordable Rapid Response Missile Demonstrator (ARRMD), and NASA's Access-To-Space USING Rocket- Based-Combined-Cycle (RBCC) program.