AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| Lift type | Fixed wing | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
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| Engine type | Rocket | ||
| Application | Experimental | ||
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Reusable, hypersonic, hydrogen-fuelled, research spaceplane, capable of flying at Mach 5, and builds on technology developed through Reaction Engines' SABRE engine (Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine). In development, lead by European Space Agency (ESA) and Frazer-Nash.
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| ESA Invictus | / | Reusable hypersonic research programme. |
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