<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f68dae22-f4d8-440f-b829-fe93982f65be/9A814B2B-2866-4309-BE36-12DB7D934845/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dvice.com/archives/2008/06/darpas_vulcan_e.php" href="http://dvice.com/archives/2008/06/darpas_vulcan_e.php" style="font-size: 11px;">dvice.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dvice.com/archives/2008/06/darpas_vulcan_e.php"><DIV class="blogHeading"><SPAN class="title-vehicles">DARPA's Vulcan engine will get you around the world in a few hours</SPAN> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dvice.com/archives/2008/06/darpas_vulcan_e.php"><DIV title="http://www.youtube.com/v/bWaiWtH2CuI&hl=en"></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dvice.com/archives/2008/06/darpas_vulcan_e.php">Getting a jet in the air and up to a high speed and getting a jet from that high speed to high Mach speeds require two different engines, which requires some costly and annoying procedures. Currently, one jet will have to take another up to speed, allowing the engine designed for Mach speeds that's on the second jet to take it to the next level once its in the air. Requiring two planes is obviously not the most efficient thing in the world, so <A href="http://dvice.com/archives/2007/04/12/darpa_working_o.html" linkindex="94" set="yes">DARPA</A> is hard at work on a solution.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dvice.com/archives/2008/06/darpas_vulcan_e.php"><P>That solution might just be the new Vulcan engine, "a propulsion system that combines a Constant Volume Combustion (CVC) engine and a full-scale turbine engine to accelerate a hypersonic jet to multiple Mach." The goal is to create a craft that can deliver a payload up to 9,000 nautical miles from the US in less than two hours, which is pretty insane. Lets get this thing in commercial airliners, OK DARPA?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dvice.com/archives/2008/06/darpas_vulcan_e.php"><P><A href="http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9975240-1.html" linkindex="95">Crave</A>, via <A href="http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/darpas_vulcan_engine_briefing_released.php" linkindex="96" set="yes">New Launches</A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9A814B2B-2866-4309-BE36-12DB7D934845/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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