Bloodhound SSC

Bloodhound SSC is a supersonic land vehicle currently in development. Its goal is to match or exceed . This would mean a new world land speed record. The pencil-shaped car is powered by a jet engine and a rocket engine. It is designed to reach . It is being developed and built with the intention of breaking the land speed record by 33%.
Runway testing of up to is scheduled to take place in early 2015. Bloodhound SSC will then be tested on the Hakskeen Pan in South Africa. A track long, wide has been cleared.