DARPA Loses Hypersonic Glider on Maiden Flight
April 28th, 2010 link to (permalink)
14 years ago
The maiden flight of DARPA’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (or HTV-2) ended with the loss of the hypersonic glider after just 9 minutes. The Hypersonic Glider capable of speeds of Mach 20 was lost by its tracking systems as DARPA tested the autopilot through a number of maneuvers.
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