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New iteration for Raven SSTO, Single Stage to Orbit. This isn't the heavy, Discovery. But the smaller one. For example, SpaceX's dragon capsule is 378 Cu Ft, Payload bay of Raven is 1078 Cu Ft. www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/raven.php
Iteration 10, almost clean sheet. U-TBCC propulsion, 6000F thermal resistance, 3D printed graphene airframe, Note the elimination of "blunt nose". Turn around time under 24 hours total from landing to ready for next flight. No external boosters.
Forward Thruster Bay, other then conventional orbital thrusters, also includes a reverse thruster which decelerates the aircraft pre re-entry into atmosphere from 16,500+ mph ground speed to apx 12,000 mph ground speed. Engines re-ignite once in atmosphere so it can fly to it's landing destination, ie not glide.
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Iteration 10 - Raven B Model - Mach 8-10, 22 Passenger hypersonic business jet. New iteration reflects design changes from Raven A Model, which is an SSTO, a real one. ALL technologies associated "are" developed. It is also ZERO CARBON.
More Info: www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/raven-business.php
Not a graphics design or graphics rendering, but sanitized cad screenshots. This is not a concept, but ready for serial production. Not really looking for investors and such. Everything DOD is funding for hypersonic fixed aircraft is OLD and rehashed perpetually for 40+ years at 10X the price. Others, pushing supersonics and hypersonics, also very old technologies at very expensive prices and operating costs. This, about the same as a G650 or Global Express costs and operating costs and normalized Mach 10 dynamics in all regards in atmosphere.
#afrl #afwerx #defensewerx #usaf #darpa #onr #arl #boeing #lockheedmartin #airbus #raytheon #northropgrumman #aerojet #dynetics #easa #bae #afosr #hypersonic #supersonic #scramjet #reactionengines #innovation #graphene #hydrogen #spacex #ula #virgingalactic #rocketlab #nasa #snc #sierranevadecorporation #dreamchaser #sdo #sda #spaceforce #dod #icao #dassault #bombardier #gulfstream #cessna #bigalow #boomsuprsonic #aerion #esa #airplane
Sir Richard Branson hugs designer Burt Rutan as they are surrounded by employee's of Virgin Galactic, The SpaceShip Company and Scaled Composites watch as Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip2 streaks across the sky under rocket power, its first ever since the program began in 2005. Burt's wife Tonya Rutan is at right taking their photo. The spacecraft was dropped from its "mothership", WhiteKnight2 over the Mojave, CA area, April 29, 2013 at high altitude before firing its hybrid power motor. Virgin Galactic hopes to become the first commercial space venture to bring multiple passengers into space on a regular basis.
Land Rover has revealed the new Discovery Sport, the world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV. The first member of the new Discovery family, Discovery Sport, features 5+2 seating in a footprint no larger than existing 5-seat premium SUVs.
Read all about it on www.LandRoverMENA.com
The hybrid engine uses a solid fuel (HTPB) and a liquid oxidizer (nitrous oxide). This model of the Spaceplane was on display at the entrance to Spaceport America in New Mexico (2023).
New iteration for Raven SSTO, Single Stage to Orbit. This isn't the heavy, Discovery. But the smaller one. For example, SpaceX's dragon capsule is 378 Cu Ft, Payload bay of Raven is 1078 Cu Ft. www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/raven.php
Iteration 10, almost clean sheet. U-TBCC propulsion, 6000F thermal resistance, 3D printed graphene airframe, Note the elimination of "blunt nose". Turn around time under 24 hours total from landing to ready for next flight. No external boosters.
Forward Thruster Bay, other then conventional orbital thrusters, also includes a reverse thruster which decelerates the aircraft pre re-entry into atmosphere from 16,500+ mph ground speed to apx 12,000 mph ground speed. Engines re-ignite once in atmosphere so it can fly to it's landing destination, ie not glide.
#ssto #singlestagetorobit #space #newspace #afrl #afwerx #usaf #darpa #onr #arl #boeing #lockheedmartin #raytheon #northropgrumman #aerojet #dynetics #esa #bae #afosr #hypersonics #hypersonic #scramjet #reactionengines #sabre #starship #falcon9 #dragoncapsule #innovation #graphene #hydrogen #spacex #ula #virginorbit #rocketlab #artemis #orion #sls #nasa #snc #sierranevadecorporation #dreamchaser #astra #sdo #sda #spaceforce #dod #icao #dassault #bombardier #gulfstream #cessna #bigalow
SpaceShipTwo in full feather wing mode on a rapid descent from its drop altitude of 51,500 feet over Mojave,CA Wednesday May 4, 2011. The feathered wing is at its full 65 degree angle and remained at this angle for 1 minute and 15 seconds. The craft descended in this configuration at a near vertical angle at a rate of 15,500 feet per minute. The craft was reconfigured to normal glide mode at 33,500 feet. All objectives of the flight were met. The flight duration of SpaceShipTwo following release was approximatel 11 minutes and 5 seconds. This photograph was taken with high powered telescopes from the ground.
Land Rover has revealed the new Discovery Sport, the world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV. The first member of the new Discovery family, Discovery Sport, features 5+2 seating in a footprint no larger than existing 5-seat premium SUVs.
Read all about it on www.LandRoverMENA.com
A Range Rover Autobiography, the pinnacle of premium SUV luxury, took centre stage as it towed out the new Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo – officially christened VSS Unity – at a special reveal and naming ceremony at their Mojave Air and Space Port base in California, USA.
XH - Talon - 8th Gen VTOL Hypersonic UCAV (IT1 This is not a graphics design)
2022 - New level of technology developed, XH Talon 8th VTOL Hypersonic UCAV
49' Length, 25' Span, Wings Folded: 16' Span
Link to Engines/Propulsion www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/utbcc.php
Extreme capabilities, unseen by the humans including black programs. H2 fueled (kero based scramjet engines are not able to operate long above M6) with a kero reserve for ferry flights, subsonic, etc. It can adapt in flight from 100% kero through 100% H2 making it an advanced hybrid.
Summary technologies of the below (real, not academics) 49' length, less then 6' height, 25' span
-6000+F thermal resistance (3rd gen, normalizing high hypersonic flight and orbital re-entry making ablatives and ceramics obsolete entirely)
-graphene airframe (33X tensile strength of titanium but 1/100th the weight of styrofoam)
-VTOL (advanced vtol capabilities, which every aspect is composites)
-u-tbcc propulsion (thru m15 in atmosphere, unified turbine based combined cycle dual mode ramjet/scramjet)
-graphene based super conducting motors for the lift fans (no antiquated shaft driven lift fans)
-H2 Compressed, 1,600 gallons 16,000 PSI (already flown, and patented, publicly, 2nd gen is 16,000 PSI)
-400 gallon kero reserve (hybrid capable)
-Internal bay 154" length to accommodate 1 2,000 JDAM or 3 500 LBS and anything else in between
-3,000+NM RANGE from subsonic through hypersonic, ie Mach 9-14. Super Cruise is an estimated Mach 3. Is able to operate in ramjet mode as well, not just scramjet mode.
-The payload bay can also house a range extender tank conforming internally adding an additional 1,000+ nm range under power for longer range flights used for ferrying and also during intelligence gathering operations, mainly over russia and china.
-Folding wings (16' span folded) for naval operations + Internal tail hook
-Overall weight, at max payload of 3,000 LBS, Kero, and H2, apx 12,300 LBS (Less then the empty weight of an F-35. This is because H2 but also graphene airframe, and graphene/carbide hybrid surfacing)
-USAF version, just remove the lift fans and add more fuel capacity, give an additional 1,000+nm range internally
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The moment the world had been waiting for. The reveal of the new #VirginGalactic #SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity. Shot exclusively for #LandRover by @jimmy_chin #RangeRover #AboveAndBeyond by landrover ift.tt/21lwFyE ift.tt/1VzVkvX ift.tt/1pZRVvM
Land Rover has revealed the new Discovery Sport, the world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV. The first member of the new Discovery family, Discovery Sport, features 5+2 seating in a footprint no larger than existing 5-seat premium SUVs.
Read all about it on www.LandRoverMENA.com
The new Land Rover Discovery Sport made a uniquely British public debut today, ahead of the Paris Motor Show. A pair of Discovery Sport vehicles performed a dramatic dynamic debut aboard a giant barge on the River Seine to mark the arrival of the brand’s new premium compact SUV.
Land Rover has revealed the new Discovery Sport, the world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV. The first member of the new Discovery family, Discovery Sport, features 5+2 seating in a footprint no larger than existing 5-seat premium SUVs.
Read all about it on www.LandRoverMENA.com
Land Rover has revealed the new Discovery Sport, the world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV. The first member of the new Discovery family, Discovery Sport, features 5+2 seating in a footprint no larger than existing 5-seat premium SUVs.
Read all about it on www.LandRoverMENA.com
The iHeel shoe-phone in the image is a reference to the hype surrounding the iWatch. App icons are displayed down the side of the shoe. "Episode XXII" is probably self-explanatory; we're on Episode VII now, so XXII would be the first film in the eighth Star Wars trilogy, some years from now, when there are holotheaters. The model at the top of the image is wearing a wraparound AR viewer. BofA or Bank of the West at this point has grown into Bank of the Northern Hemisphere. The vodka bottle, perfume bottle, ring, and the bistro's name are holograms projected into the air. Blue Lotus Herbals is a comment on how available recreational chemistry will probably be in the future. "Heather" instead of "Tiffany." "Farthingales" instead of "Bloomingdales." Maiden Celestial, which offers more non-stop flights to Mars, is a reference to Virgin Galactic. A line of sparkles is beginning to outline the Coke bottle. Patsy from AbFab (eyeing the vodka bottle) is an old reference by now, from the 90s (as well as 2011-12), but she is still a memorable pop-culture icon with no qualms about almost anything. Which would make Qualm ironic as a designer label. The car is an actual Audi concept car I was going to modify to make it more my own design. The computer screen on the back of the car includes a Geico-like ad ("Calco Ins: 15 sec save >15%") squeezed in among the other data displayed there. Bistro Devo displays items from their menu on the marquee screen, including their signature blue fries. They also offer green beans genetically modified into grape-flavored purple beans, and the T-bone has embedded electronic doneness indicators. Josh Groban at this point would be a centenarian. The word after "pizza" is "printer"; 3D printers probably already make a decent pizza. The two people by the car are just stand-in images; I was going to give them different poses in the final painting. The woman's nose piercing illuminates her face, vaguely reminiscent of Toulouse-Lautrec, and her ear piercings and fingernails are also lighted, as are their clothes.
The image is a mockup for an acrylic-on-canvas concept-art painting I was going to do but decided not to because of the amount of advertising text I'd have to paint. I didn't want to reduce the amount of text because the future advertising bombardment is the point of the picture. So I'll just let it remain a mockup. It was a fun image to work on, and I thought it would be an interesting intersection of old and new to create concept art on canvas instead of as a PSD and with acrylics instead of oils. The idea of every surface covered with advertising is reminiscent of the mall in "Minority Report." Part of the building resembles Wonder Mall in Shijiazhuang, China.
Touches on that he and his family will be the first to fly Virgin Galactic into the upper atmosphere next year (2013) when Virgin Galactic launches.
Land Rover has revealed the new Discovery Sport, the world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV. The first member of the new Discovery family, Discovery Sport, features 5+2 seating in a footprint no larger than existing 5-seat premium SUVs.
Read all about it on www.LandRoverMENA.com
A video shoot in the desert recently gave me the chance to film the unveiling of Virgin Galactic's new spaceship.
This is a still frame from my video cam.
Virgin Atlantic Airways - Boeing 747-41R - G-VWOW (c/n 32745/1287) - Cosmic Girl (Dita Von Teese)
Virgin's G-VWOW "Cosmic Girl" also wearing the name "Dita Von Teese" just aft of the flight deck. Dita Von Teese's name was added to G-VWOW in June 2010 in celebration of the tenth anniversary of Virgin Atlantic service to McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas.
UPDATE (December 2015) "Cosmic Girl" was withdrawn from Virgin Atlantic operation in October 2015. She is slated to become Virgin Galactic's "LauncherOne" air-launched satellite lifter after modifications are made to strengthen the vestigial structure of the inboard left wing formerly intended to ferry a spare "fifth" engine to now hold a 55,000-lb. rocket.
UPDATE (January 2017) - On November 12, 2015 this aircraft was re-registered by Virgin Galactic as N744VG.
UPDATE (November 2017) - On March 2, 2017, Richard Branson announced the splitting of LauncherOne operations from Virgin Galactic to a new entity, Virgin Orbit.
Land Rover has revealed the new Discovery Sport, the world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV. The first member of the new Discovery family, Discovery Sport, features 5+2 seating in a footprint no larger than existing 5-seat premium SUVs.
Read all about it on www.LandRoverMENA.com
Iteration 10 - Raven B Model - Mach 8-10, 22 Passenger hypersonic business jet. New iteration reflects design changes from Raven A Model, which is an SSTO, a real one. ALL technologies associated "are" developed. It is also ZERO CARBON.
More Info: www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/raven-business.php
Not a graphics design or graphics rendering, but sanitized cad screenshots. This is not a concept, but ready for serial production. Not really looking for investors and such. Everything DOD is funding for hypersonic fixed aircraft is OLD and rehashed perpetually for 40+ years at 10X the price. Others, pushing supersonics and hypersonics, also very old technologies at very expensive prices and operating costs. This, about the same as a G650 or Global Express costs and operating costs and normalized Mach 10 dynamics in all regards in atmosphere.
#afrl #afwerx #defensewerx #usaf #darpa #onr #arl #boeing #lockheedmartin #airbus #raytheon #northropgrumman #aerojet #dynetics #easa #bae #afosr #hypersonic #supersonic #scramjet #reactionengines #innovation #graphene #hydrogen #spacex #ula #virgingalactic #rocketlab #nasa #snc #sierranevadecorporation #dreamchaser #sdo #sda #spaceforce #dod #icao #dassault #bombardier #gulfstream #cessna #bigalow #boomsuprsonic #aerion #esa #airplane
The first production Discovery Sport has rolled off Land Rover's production line in Halewood, UK. The car will now make its way to Virgin Galactic's headquarters, to be used by the team as they continue to prepare for the launch of the world's first commercial spaceline.
Land Rover has revealed the new Discovery Sport, the world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV. The first member of the new Discovery family, Discovery Sport, features 5+2 seating in a footprint no larger than existing 5-seat premium SUVs.
Read all about it on www.LandRoverMENA.com
Virgin Atlantic Airways - Boeing 747-41R - G-VWOW (c/n 32745/1287) - Cosmic Girl (Dita Von Teese)
Virgin's G-VWOW "Cosmic Girl" also wearing the name "Dita Von Teese" just aft of the flight deck. Dita Von Teese's name was added to G-VWOW in June 2010 in celebration of the tenth anniversary of Virgin Atlantic service to McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas.
UPDATE (December 2015) "Cosmic Girl" was withdrawn from Virgin Atlantic operation in October 2015. She is slated to become Virgin Galactic's "LauncherOne" air-launched satellite lifter after modifications are made to strengthen the vestigial structure of the inboard left wing formerly intended to ferry a spare "fifth" engine to now hold a 55,000-lb. rocket.
UPDATE (January 2017) - On November 12, 2015 this aircraft was re-registered by Virgin Galactic as N744VG.
UPDATE (November 2017) - On March 2, 2017, Richard Branson announced the splitting of LauncherOne operations from Virgin Galactic to a new entity, Virgin Orbit.
Land Rover has revealed the new Discovery Sport, the world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV. The first member of the new Discovery family, Discovery Sport, features 5+2 seating in a footprint no larger than existing 5-seat premium SUVs.
Read all about it on www.LandRoverMENA.com
The first production Discovery Sport has rolled off Land Rover's production line in Halewood, UK. The car will now make its way to Virgin Galactic's headquarters, to be used by the team as they continue to prepare for the launch of the world's first commercial spaceline.
VSS Enterprise flies over Runway Dedication at Spaceport America, New Mexico_Photo by Mark Greenberg.
Virgin Atlantic Airways - Boeing 747-41R - G-VWOW (c/n 32745/1287) - Cosmic Girl (Dita Von Teese)
Virgin's G-VWOW "Cosmic Girl" also wearing the name "Dita Von Teese" just aft of the flight deck. Dita Von Teese's name was added to G-VWOW in June 2010 in celebration of the tenth anniversary of Virgin Atlantic service to McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas.
UPDATE (December 2015) "Cosmic Girl" was withdrawn from Virgin Atlantic operation in October 2015. She is slated to become Virgin Galactic's "LauncherOne" air-launched satellite lifter after modifications are made to strengthen the vestigial structure of the inboard left wing formerly intended to ferry a spare "fifth" engine to now hold a 55,000-lb. rocket.
UPDATE (January 2017) - On November 12, 2015 this aircraft was re-registered by Virgin Galactic as N744VG.
UPDATE (November 2017) - On March 2, 2017, Richard Branson announced the splitting of LauncherOne operations from Virgin Galactic to a new entity, Virgin Orbit.