Hypersonic Ground Test Requirements / Dennis M. Bushnell -- History, Status, and Outlook for Hypersonic Test Requirements -- Potential Civilian Hypersonic Test Requirements Futures -- Military Hypersonic Test Requirements Futures -- Principles of Hypersonic Test Facility Development / Frank K. Lu, Dan E. Marren -- Critical Hypersonic Technologies -- Hypersonic Scaling -- High Enthalpy and High Speed -- Types of Hypersonic Facilities -- NASA's HYPULSE Facility at GASL -- A Dual Mode, Dual Driver Reflected-Shock/Expansion Tunnel / R. S. M. Chue, C.-Y. Tsai, R. J. Bakos, J. I. Erdos, R. C. Rogers -- Shock Tunnels and Expansion Tubes -- Driver Methods -- Operation and Performance of HYPULSE -- Driver Gas Contamination in Detonation-Driven RST Mode -- Nozzle Design for Expansion Tunnel Mode Operation -- LENS Hypervelocity Tunnels and Application to Vehicle Testing at Duplicated Flight Conditions / M. S. Holden, R. A. Parker -- Ground Test Simulation of Hypersonic Flight Performance -- Design, Operation, and Performance of the LENS I and LENS II Hypervelocity Ground Test Facilities -- Facility Validation -- Application of Test Facility and Instrumentation to Hypersonic Vehicle Testing -- Measurements of Jet Interaction Resulting from Divert Thruster Operation -- Studies of Scramjet Performance -- The U-12 Large Shock Tube / V. I. Lapygin, I. V. Ershov, S. S. Semenov, E. I. Ruzavin -- Description of the U-12 Shock Tube -- Operation Regimes -- Aerodynamic Investigations -- Measurements of Forces and Moments on Flight Vehicle Models -- Investigation of Nonequilibrium Processes Behind Shockwave Front in Earth and Planetary Atmospheres -- Radio-Physical Investigations at U-12 Facility -- Ballistic Regime of U-12 Shock Tube Operation -- Detonation-Driven Shock Tubes and Tunnels / Herbert Olivier, Jiang Zonglin, Hongru R. Yu, Frank K. Lu -- Gasdynamic Fundamentals of the Detonation Process -- Operating Principle Detonation Drivers -- The Detonation-Driven Shock Tunnel TH2-D -- The JF-10 Detonation-Driven, High-Enthalpy Shock Tunnel -- The UTA High-Performance Shock Tube -- Performance of Detonation-Driven Facilities -- Aerothermodynamics Research in the DLR High Enthalpy Shock Tunnel HEG / Klaus Hannemann, Walter H. Beck -- The HEG Facility -- Measurement Techniques -- The Numerical Solver CEVCATS-N -- Nozzle Flow and Freestream -- Flow Past a Circular Cylinder -- Delay of Driver Gas Contamination -- Current Work -- Characteristics of the HIEST and its Applicability for Hypersonic Aerothermodynamic and Scramjet Research / Katsuhiro Itoh -- Description, General Performance, and Limitations of the HIEST -- HOPE Aerodynamic Test -- Surface Catalytic Effect on Heat Flux -- Scramjet -- Piston Gasdynamic Units with Multicascade Compression / Vitaly V. Kislykh -- The Multicascade Compression PGU Complex -- The Multicascade Compression Method -- Methods for Simulating the Main External Hypersonic Flow -- Simulation of Engine Jets Effect on Aft Elements of Launchers for Space Transportation System -- Supersonic Combustion Tests in the PGU -- Arc-Heated Facilities / D. M. Smith, E. J. Felderman, F. L. Shope, J. A. Balboni -- Arc Heaters and Hypersonic Testing -- DoD and NASA Arc Facility Overview -- Arc Heater Technology Topics Update -- The SCIROCCO 70-MW Plasma Wind Tunnel: A New Hypersonic Capability / G. Russo, F. De Filippis, S. Borrelli, M. Marini, S. Caristia -- The Facility -- The Hypersonic Challenge: Future and Potential Applications -- SCIROCCO Evolution -- Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit / S. J. Rigney, G. D. Garrard -- General Hypersonic Aeropropulsion System Testing Future Requirements -- APTU Description -- Planned Mid- and Far-Term Incremental APTU Test Capability Upgrades -- APTU Technology Topics Update -- Arc-Heated Facilities as a Tool to Study Aerothermodynamic Problems of Reentry Vehicles / Ali Gulhan, Burkard Esser -- Experimental Facility and Measurement Techniques -- Flow Characterization -- Experiments on Locale Aerothermodynamics -- Characterization and Qualification of TPS Components -- Qualification of Flight Sensors at Reentry Conditions -- The NASA Langley Research Center 8-ft High Temperature Tunnel / Jeffrey S. Hodge, Stephen F. Harvin -- Facility Description -- Test Capabilities -- Operations -- NASA Glenn Research Center's Hypersonic Tunnel Facility / Mark R. Woike, Brian P. Willis -- Facility History -- Facility Description -- Typical Facility Operation -- Unique Value and Testing Capability -- The ONERA F4 High-Enthalpy Wind Tunnel / A. Masson, Ph. Sagnier, A. K. Mohamed -- Principle and Description of F4 Facility -- Adjustment and Calibration -- Typical Model Tests -- Conclusion and Future Prospects -- The AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 / Dan Marren, John Lafferty -- Tunnel 9 Facility Description -- A Hypersonic Ground-Test Facility Using Magnetic Levitation and Electromagnetic Propulsion / Neil Bosmajian -- Facility Concept -- System Requirements -- Test Techniques -- Issues -- Leveraging Technology Programs -- Future Efforts -- Hypersonic Test Capabilities at the Holloman High-Speed Test Track / David W. Minto, Neil Bosmajian -- HHSTT Hypersonic Upgrade Program -- HHSTT Hypersonic Capabilities -- MagLev Test Track Development -- Increased Launching Capabilities at AEDC's Range/Track G / Larry Campbell, Sr. -- Development of the 8-in. Launcher -- Development of the 4-in. Launcher -- Technology Overview for 10 km/s -- A New Mach 8-15 True Temperature Test Facility Concept / J. T. Best -- RDHWT/MARIAH II Program -- Assessment of Test Needs -- RDHWT/MARIAH II Facility Concept Development Program Overview -- New-Generation Hypersonic Adiabatic Compression Facilities with Pressure Multipliers / A. M. Kharitonov, V. I. Zvegintsev, V. M. Fomin, M. E. Topchian, A. A. Meshcheriakov, V. I. Pinakov -- Simulation of Hypersonic Flows in Existing Wind Tunnels -- Advantages of Using High Pressures -- Our Concept -- Hypersonic Gasdynamic Facility of Adiabatic Compression A-1 -- Choice of the Layout, Construction, and Operation of the Stage of Preliminary Compression -- Operation Principle of A-1 -- High-Pressure Unit -- Test Results and Use -- Adiabatic Compression Hypersonic Wind Tunnel AT-303 -- Control of the System and Measurement Equipment of AT-303 -- Range of Parameters -- Non-Uniformity of the Velocity Field in the Region of Model Location.