New Frontiers Aerospace...

[Tywin]

New company for Hypersonic flight...

https://www.nfaero.com/

[Vahe231991]

The mission statement of New Frontiers Aerospace is as follows:
"To deliver cargo and passengers anywhere on Earth in two hours or less - in a renewably fueled, net carbon neutral aircraft."

What propulsion system is being considered for the New Frontiers Aerospace spaceplane design if New Frontiers Aerospace is to succeed in its goal of creating a net carbon neutral hypersonic spaceplane? A rocket-assisted scramjet or a mixed power scramjet/rocket powerplant?

[Robotbeat]

You can make any fuel net carbon neutral by using direct carbon capture, like Climeworks (who is partnering with the other hypersonic plane company, Hermes).

[simonbp]

And if you can make carbon-negative fuel, you'll make several orders of magnitude more money off of that than hypersonic cargo delivery.

[Vahe231991]

The Department of Defense has awarded a $1.5 million contract to New Frontier Aerospace to continue its work on a 3D-printed rocket engine.

The aerospace manufacturer announced the deal in a press release Tuesday, with funding coming from the National Security Innovation Capital. The company is developing a rocket engine called Mjölnir. Development began with a $750,000 contract from the NSIC in 2020.

The new contract will fund the development of the remaining parts needed to complete the engine. The company plans to run a final test -- called a hotfire test -- by May 2024.

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/02/21/department-defense-new-frontier-aerospace-mjolnir-contract/5151677006282/

[Asteroza]

Their Mjolnir smaller scale full flow staged combustion engine may be of interest to parties with access to a methalox propellant depot ecosystem...

[Vahe231991]

New Frontier Aerospace put out a tweet further expressing opposition to expendable rocket stages in order to justify its emphasis on point-to-point hypersonic transportation:
https://twitter.com/AerospaceNew/status/1670467348778844160