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Age of INVICTUS: ESA’s Bold Hypersonic Initiative Aims to Revolutionize High-Speed Flight with Next-Gen Propulsion Tech
EUROPE, JUL 17 – The INVICTUS program will demonstrate reusable hypersonic flight technologies using SABRE engines with a £7 million budget, aiming to advance Europe's aerospace capabilities by 2031.
- By early 2031, INVICTUS, a project led by the European Space Agency and Frazer-Nash, will conduct its first test flight.
- Competition among the United States, Russia and China has driven advances in hypersonic technology, highlighting a fierce global race to lead in this strategic sector.
- SABRE combines jet and rocket engine technologies, featuring a precooler that chills incoming air, which reduces fuel consumption, as the programme’s hybrid engine merges modes.
- According to an ESA press release on 16 July, the contract covers a 12-month design phase, and the INVICTUS consortium will produce the preliminary system design within this period.
- INVICTUS positions Europe to lead the new hypersonic era, with speeds above Mach 5 helping pave the way for runway-to-orbit spaceplanes and establishing strategic technological leadership.
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