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BEP
NASA's Booster Engine Prototype (BEP) effort
seeks to deliver a large-scale, prototype liquid-oxygen/kerosene engine
system that will enable development of full-scale, flight-ready engines
for a next generation reusable booster.
IPD
The Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator (IPD)
project — which seeks to double the capability of booster engines
providing access to space —
is contributing new engine technologies for NGLT and Department
of Defense propulsion research.
X-43A
The
first demonstrator vehicle in NASA's "Hyper-X" series of experimental
hypersonic ground and flight test vehicles, the X-43A will demonstrate
"air-breathing" engine technologies for future hypersonic aircraft and/or
reusable space launch vehicles, achieving speeds above Mach 5, or five
times the speed of sound.
TBCC/RTA
The
Turbine-Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) engine project seeks to deliver a
Mach 4+ hypersonic propulsion system in this decade. Prime among its enabling
technologies: the Revolutionary Turbine Accelerator (RTA), intended to
demonstrate high mach turbine and TBCC propulsion for space access.
RBCC/
ISTAR
NASA is developing a Rocket-Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) engine system
for ground demonstration in this decade. The Integrated System Test of
an Air-breathing Rocket (ISTAR) project is NASA's first flight-type system
development and ground test of an RBCC propulsion system.
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