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Press Release BLOODHOUND Targets 500mph in South Africa
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The BLOODHOUND Project today announced plans to run BLOODHOUND SSC for the first time on its dry lake bed race track at Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Project News BLOODHOUND is Go!
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The world’s most advanced straight-line racing car, BLOODHOUND SSC, will be driven for the first time, at Cornwall Airport Newquay, 26th October. Tickets on sale now!
Project News Geely to be Lead Partner for The BLOODHOUND Project
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Team announces its most substantial sponsorship deal
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World Land Speed Record Challenge on track for Autumn 2017
Jaguar announces major partnership with British World Land Speed Record Team NEW ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE JAGUAR F-TYPE R BOOSTS RECORD BID
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Jaguar announces major partnership with British World Land Speed Record Team. AWD Jaguar F-TYPE R carries out key communications test on the Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Jaguar Joins BLOODHOUND Project as Innovation Partner Team Starts Countdown to First Record Attempt With Successful Desert Communications Test
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The BLOODHOUND Project today started the 12-month countdown to its first Land Speed Record attempt, and celebrated Jaguar joining the programme as Innovation Partner, by staging a high-speed communications test at Hakskeen Pan, South Africa.
Project News Andy Green’s 1,000mph Office Revealed
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BLOODHOUND SSC Cockpit Completed
The cockpit of BLOODHOUND SSC, the 1,000mph (1,609km/h) Land Speed Racing car, was unveiled today in Bristol, UK. The state-of-the-art carbon fibre monocoque has been tailored to the needs of driver Andy Green and will be his supersonic office during record attempts in the South African desert in 2015 and 2016.
Project News Rocket Experts NAMMO Join The BLOODHOUND Project
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The BLOODHOUND Project is proud to announce a new partnership with NAMMO, the rocket propulsion specialists. The company, based in Norway, will supply its hybrid rocket technology for use in BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car, the 1,000 mph Land Speed racing car now being constructed in Bristol, UK.
NAMMO rockets are used by the European Space Agency to separate the stages of Ariane 5, the world’s most reliable & commercially successful satellite launch vehicle. Read more
Project News Science Minister opens new HQ for 1,000 mph BLOODHOUND
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£1m grant awarded to inspire next generation of scientists and engineers comes as car reaches construction milestone
David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, today opened the new BLOODHOUND Technical Centre in Avonmouth, Bristol, where the iconic 1,000 mph jet and rocket powered racing car is now being assembled.
Sponsor News Rolls-Royce backs BLOODHOUND
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• Rolls-Royce jet engine powering BLOODHOUND SSC
• First land speed record sponsored by Rolls-Royce
• Rolls-Royce ambassadors helping to inspire future generation of engineers
Rolls-Royce PLC today announced support for The BLOODHOUND Project. A Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine will be used in conjunction with a custom designed hybrid rocket to propel the car to over 1,000 mph (1,600 kmh or Mach 1.4).
Rolls-Royce will also provide financial and technical support for the project.
Education News Design a helmet for the fastest man on Earth
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Kimberley, South Africa
The BLOODHOUND SSC Project invites learners in the Northern Cape to participate in a competition to design artwork for a helmet for Andy Green, the fastest man on Earth.
