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ESA Gives Sabre Hypersonic Engine a Boost
This week at Farnborough Reaction Engines also announced the creation of a U.S.-based subsidiary
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Skylon

The future for hypersonic flight could be firing up some momentum. Breakthrough hypersonic propulsion technology described here at Farnborough yesterday could revolutionize access to space by reusable launch vehicles, and enable flights from London to Sydney in just four hours. Equally, if not more important, Reaction Engines (Hall 4 Stand H98) said it now has sufficient funds to ground-test its Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (Sabre) by the end of the decade. BAE Systems took a 20 percent stake in the privately-held British company last November.