Defense department tests drone to fly at 13,000 mph. Aug. 11, 2011— -- The U.S. military said it launched a hypersonic test aircraft called the Falcon HTV-2, which reached speeds of 13,000 mph, ...
We have talked about the DARPA HTV-2 hypersonic glider that has been in testing before. The goal of the program is to be able to create a weapon that can strike anywhere on the planet within a few ...
The Falcon hypersonic HTV-2 aircraft emerges from its payload fairing before gliding back to Earth. The Falcon hypersonic HTV-2 is an unmanned, rocket-launched, maneuverable aircraft that glides ...
Six months after its maiden flight ended in the aircraft self-destructing, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) says it knows what went wrong with the Falcon Hypersonic Test ...
Aerodynamic design validated and new understanding of thermal material properties gained Following an extensive seven-month analysis of data collected from the Aug. 11, 2011, second flight of DARPA’s ...