Mode Transition (MoTr) Demonstation
Program Manager: Dr. Thomas Bussing
The Mode Transition (MoTr) Demonstration program seeks to ground test a turbine-based combined-cycle (TBCC) engine using hydrocarbon fuel. The MoTr program will demonstrate transition from turbojet to ramjet/scramjet cycle and is the critical experiment required to enable reusable, air-breathing, hypersonic flight. MoTr leverages previous and on-going advances in air-breathing propulsion technology, including the Falcon Combined-cycle Engine Technology (FaCET) and the Air Force/DARPA High Speed Turbine Engine Technology Demonstration (HiSTED) program.
