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JUST IN: Two Different DARPA Hypersonic Vehicles 'On Track' to Fly in 2019

Discussion in 'Aviation Chat' started by NYC Fred, May 3, 2019.

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  1. NYC Fred

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    #1 NYC Fred, May 3, 2019
    ((Two hypersonic vehicle prototypes developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force are due to fly by the end of the year, the agency’s director said May 1.

    One vehicle is part of the hypersonic air-breathing weapon concept, or HAWC, program. The other is the tactical boost glide, or TBG, effort, said Steven Walker.

    “We're on track for both to have flights … before the calendar year ends,” he told reporters during a breakfast meeting in Washington, D.C. However, that might be questionable because once "you actually get into the building of these things and qualifying the hardware, … things tend to slip.”))

    Well, not really "Aviator" related, since it appears you guys are becoming irrelevant...

    (Ducking, bigtime)

    http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/5/1/just-in-darpa-hypersonic-vehicle-prototypes-to-fly-in-2019
     
  2. tazandjan

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    #2 tazandjan, May 3, 2019
    Not quite, since I worked on DARPA's HTV2 program. Look it up.
     
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    #3 SAT4RE, May 6, 2019
    Talked to a guy the other day whose friend let slip some info on a trans-atmospheric drone he's working on. Among other things, blistering fast as you'd expect.
     
  4. Gatorrari

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    #4 Gatorrari, May 6, 2019
    Supposedly the Russians have a hypersonic ICBM that will be operational by next year, and if so would represent a real threat to U.S. and world security. Any thoughts on that?
     
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    #5 tazandjan, May 7, 2019
    All ICBM reentry vehicles are hypersonic. It is the ones that can glide and maneuver that cause missile defense problems.
     
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    #6 technom3, May 15, 2019
    always building a better mouse and a mouse trap
     

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