For the second time in a row, the Falcon HTV-2, the unmanned hypersonic glider developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the U.S. defense failed its test flight and got ...
Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 Son of Blackbird or “Darkstar” aims to replace the SR-71 with hypersonic ISR—and possibly strike—using a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) that blends a turbofan for ...
Ajoint U.S. Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) projectis moving speedily along--intended to fly to Mach 20, plus some. TheFalcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle program is ...
Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...
1/27/2006 – KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFPN) — For an aircraft to achieve hypersonic speeds, ranging from 6,000 to 15,000 mph (Mach 9 to Mach 22), and reach altitudes between 100,000 to 150,000 ...