Velontra Timeline

Events

• 2023-12-15 - Contract Award - U.S. Air Force awards Velontra Phase I hypersonic-propulsion contract - The $109,484 Phase I STTR award began on December 15, 2023 under contract FA8649-24-P-0139. The study addressed lower-cost direct-connect testing for small air-breathing propulsion systems used by reusable or attritable super- and hypersonic UAVs. The… - source: sbir.gov
• 2023-06-15 - Demonstration - Velontra completes Bronco hypersonic engine wind-tunnel test - Velontra tested the Bronco engine at Purdue University at speeds above Mach 4.5 and a simulated altitude above 100,000 feet. The small afterburning turbojet-ramjet was designed to transition toward thrust above Mach 5. Velontra presented Bronco as an… - source: 0e190a550a8c4c8c4b93-fcd009c875a5577fd4fe2f5b7e3bf4eb.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com
• 2022-08-01 - Market Signal - Velontra announces selection for Y Combinator - Velontra announced that it had joined Y Combinator's accelerator programme. The company described a horizontal-takeoff spaceplane architecture using air-breathing propulsion before releasing a second-stage rocket into low Earth orbit. Velontra said the… - source: velontra.com