Sabre Systems, Inc., founded in 1989 and recently acquired by CM Equity Partners, is a technology solutions and services company that provides mission-focused expertise to government and commercial customers. While primarily serving the defense and federal sectors with services like digital transformation, cybersecurity, and systems engineering, Sabre Systems also supports space-related projects through systems engineering and technical support services, including analysis, development, integration, and testing of warfare systems into naval aircraft. Key customers include the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army, and other Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. The company has locations in Warminster, PA, Lakehurst, NJ, and Lexington Park and Belcamp, MD.
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Skylon used the SABRE, or Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine, concept.
Tim Hayter estimated that Skylon would cost £10 billion and the SABRE engine £3 billion.
SABRE was designed to avoid infringing Rolls-Royce’s patent on the RB.545 engine.
On July 22, 1974, the Turkish Air Force attacked Nicosia Airport using two F-100 Super Sabre and six F-104 Starfighter jets.
Reaction Engines established an American subsidiary, Reaction Engines Inc., which set up a facility at the Colorado Air and Space Port for testing elements of SABRE technology such as its precooler.
Reaction Engines proposed using SABRE on Skylon, a single-stage spaceplane designed to carry 17,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
The Phase III SBIR contract awarded to Sabre Systems, Inc. has a contract value of $73,500,000.
Through the Phase III SBIR contract, Sabre Systems is developing a new family of portable antennas and advanced electronic aircraft couplers to provide reliable, easily deployed, wideband HF operations for all platforms in all environments.
Krishnan Hariharan has also held leadership roles at SAVO, Sabre, and OpenText.
Reaction Engines tested a SABRE precooler at airflow temperature conditions as high as Mach 5.
Reaction Engines is building a facility at Front Range Airport to test SABRE hypersonic engine technology.