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, ...
DARPA has confirmed the splash down of its unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) following the hypersonic vehicle's second test flight on August 11. While a "controlled descent" ...
An ultra-fast U.S. military drone that streaked across the sky at 13,000 mph and met its demise in the Pacific was doomed by the excessive heat of hypersonic travel, which literally peeled away the ...
The first video of the $300million Falcon HTV-2 hypersonic spacecraft has been released following its ill-fated second test flight. The 13,000mph unmanned aircraft of the future took off for a crucial ...
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson announced on Tuesday that the aerospace company has made "several breakthroughs" on a hypersonic warplane that could reach Mach 6, known as the 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 ...