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Scramjet prototype tests Purdue hypersonics additive-manufacturing capabilities

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A team at the Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI), the university’s research and development center, is using state-of-the-art additive-manufacturing equipment to print a full-scale, fully operational prototype of a supersonic combustion ramjet, or scramjet, an engine that allows aircraft to travel at speeds of Mach 5 and beyond. Researchers in PARI’s Hypersonic Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center (HAMTC) believe […]

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AAE Boilermakers honored as AIAA Associate Fellows for 2024

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) elected three Boilermakers to its 130-member class of 2024 Associate Fellows – all of them affiliated with the Purdue School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. These new associate fellows are: Scott Meyer, Managing Director of Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories (joint appointment with Mechanical Engineering). “For outstanding contributions to

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Purdue establishes permanent presence next to NSWC Crane for future of national defense and semiconductors

Officials of Purdue University, the Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI) and the Purdue Research Foundation announced a permanent presence in elevating the partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), in a ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 5, at WestGate Academy in Odon, Indiana. This investment will catalyze and accelerate the existing collaborative research agreements

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Purdue Applied Research Institute opens $41M Hypersonics and Applied Research Facility

The Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI), the applied research arm of Purdue University, on Tuesday (June 6) officially opened a new facility dedicated to enhancing Purdue’s world-leading capabilities in hypersonics evaluation and testing. Leaders from Purdue, federal government and industry joined PARI leadership and staff in celebrating the opening of the Hypersonics and Applied Research

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks Visits U.S. Transportation Command and Purdue University 

Today, Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The deputy met with TRANSCOM Commander Air Force General Jacqueline Van Ovost, Deputy Commander Army Lt. Gen. John Sullivan, and other senior leadership. During the visit, Deputy Secretary Hicks

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Will Purdue Close the Hypersonic Weapons Gap with 3D Printing?

Purdue University is developing a new hypersonics center that is meant to create high-temperature materials—and it’s bringing along a number of high profile partners to help. The University’s Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center (HAMTC) will work with Lockheed Martin, GE Additive, Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne, GE Edison Works, Boeing and others on the technology. The Uni

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Purdue hypersonics combines industry, academia in new materials and manufacturing center

Purdue University will expand its hub of hypersonics research with the addition of a center focused on developing high-temperature materials and creating new manufacturing processes to build and join these materials, which will extend hypersonic vehicles’ capabilities and apply to other industries. The new Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center (HAMTC) will be a single location

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Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Test Capability (HAMTC) Awarded to Fiber Materials, Inc. and Purdue Applied Research Institute

S2MARTS has announced that Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Test Capability Test (HAMTC) has been awarded to Fiber Materials, Inc. and Purdue Applied Research Institute. With modern hypersonic weapons capable of traveling over five times the speed of sound, technology has never moved faster than it does today. As U.S. adversaries are developing multiple hypersonic weapons that

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New Purdue research building will offer a world’s first in hypersonic testing, materials development 

Imagine an aircraft flying 2,800 miles across the United States in only 15 minutes. A state-of the-art building ready for construction at Purdue University will provide the facilities to explore that idea through advanced hypersonic research. The planned 65,000-square-foot Hypersonics and Applied Research Facility (HARF) will house two cutting-edge wind tunnels, enhancing Purdue’s world-leading capabilities

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