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Military & Aerospace Electronics
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DARPA Black Swift Seeks to Capitalize on Lessons Learned From NASP DARPA and the U.S. Air Force have joined efforts to develop a hypersonic aerospace vehicle to function as a low-Earth-orbit spacecraft and capable of speeds as fast as Mach 6. |
Popular Mechanics
January 24, 2008
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Secret Test at Air Force Base Aims to Break Land Speed Record Next week, engineers at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico will try to break a land speed record, blasting a rail-mounted rocket sled at Mach 8.9 during a test of a classified Navy system. |
National Defense
August 2010
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Popular Mechanics
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National Defense
August 2015
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IEEE Spectrum
May 2010
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National Defense
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Engineers to Push Business Jets Beyond the Sound Barrier In a bid to bring Mach-busting jets to wealthy travelers, aircraft vendors including Gulfstream and Lockheed Martin are designing airplanes with features that may reduce sonic booms. |
National Defense
July 2012
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National Defense
November 2015
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Wired
August 21, 2007
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We Have Ignition! NASA Tests a New Rocket Engine in the Mojave Desert. NASA is firing up the 5M15, which runs on compressed liquid methane. The odorless substance has multiple advantages over conventional rocket propellants. |
PC Magazine
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One Fast Machine Get a load of the Quiet Supersonic Transport (QSST) plane, from Supersonic Aerospace International. |
