IEAv, IFI, CLA, DCTA and Orbital Engenharia Finalize the SRR
Meeting at Orbital Engenharia.
In the PROPHIPER Project (Hypersonic Propulsion), the 14-X is a Brazilian unmanned hypersonic aircraft (UAV) prototype, still under development, but already with good results in simulations and ground tests. This aircraft will be equipped with a scramjet engine, which is integrated into the fuselage, with no moving parts. Its operating principle is based on the fact that, during flight, the air flows according to the geometry of the vehicle and its speed, being directed to the engine in the lower part of the aircraft. It uses the “waverider concept”, in which a wave provides the sustainability necessary for its flight. Both the aircraft and the engine are completely Brazilian in construction, with the IEAv preparing for upcoming launches.
In this sense, on June 7, 2018, different actors came together, including the company Orbital Engenharia (contracted to prepare the executive systems engineering project aimed at integrating the technological demonstrator scramjet 14-X S into a hypersonic accelerator vehicle (VAH)), and experts from the Institute of Advanced Studies (IEAv), the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE), the Alcântara Launch Center (CLA), the Institute for Industrial Development and Coordination (IFI) and the Department itself of Aerospace Science and Technology (DCTA), which met to review the system requirements (SSR) of the 14-X S scramjet engine, a phase that is extremely important for the continuity of the Project.
This review provides the beginning of the preliminary engine design phase.
As commented by the 14-X Project Manager, Israel Rêgo, “We have made great progress since the mission definition review (MDR), we have just finalized the SSR and now we are ready to detail the demonstrator project”, says the expert.
The preparation of the aforementioned executive project (contract no. 035/GAP-SJ-IEAv/2017) will take place through 4 (four) phases:
Phase 1: Delivery of mission definition documentation (revised on 05/16/2018);
Phase 2: Delivery of integrated system configuration documentation (revised on 06/07/2018);
Phase 3: Delivery of preliminary project documentation (scheduled for November 2018); It is
Phase 4: Delivery of detailed project documentation (scheduled for January 2019).
For Col. Av Lester de Abreu Faria, Director of IEAv, “the PRPHIPER project appears to be a major and relevant inflection point not only for national technology, but also for the Defense Industrial Base and for the development of the Technological Cluster of São José dos Campos and surrounding cities. Thus, every step we take and every challenge we overcome, proves to be a great advance for Brazil, in the social, technological, economic and many other scenarios that can benefit from great ideas and projects like this”.
Source: Site do Instituto de Estudos Avançados (IEAv)
