An artist's rendering of the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2. Credit: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. First launch in April 2010 of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 aboard a Minotaur IV from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Credit: Andrew Lee / U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft Set To Reach 20 Times The Speed Of Sound In Test Flight -- L.A. Times
An experimental, arrowhead-shaped aircraft that could reach blistering speeds of 13,000 mph above the Pacific Ocean is set to blast off Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Santa Barbara.
The flight is slated to test new technology that would provide the Pentagon a lightning-fast vehicle, capable of delivering a military strike anywhere in the world in less than an hour.
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More News On Today's Falcon Hypersonic Test
Pentagon’s Mach 20 Missile Ready for Ultimate Test -- Danger Room
Experimental Aircraft to Go From Zero to 13,000 in Hypersonic Test Launch -- FOX News
Pentagon To Test 13,000 Mph Aircraft – Falcon HTV 2 Launch From Minotaur IV Lite Rocket -- Crazy Engineers
Aircraft That Can Fly 20 Times Faster Than Sound, Pentagon's Fingers Crossed [Photos] -- IBTimes
Pentagon tests another Mach 20 speed plane -- Gant Daily
It’s Do Or Die Time For The Mach 20 Missile -- Gizmodo
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