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" ...

DARPA has launched an unmanned hypersonic gliding vehicle that can reach speeds up to Mach 20 (13,000mph). The Falcon program aims to develop and demonstrate hypersonic technologies for prompt use in ...

We have talked about the DARPA HTV-2 hypersonic glider that has been in testing before. The goal of the program is to be able to create a weapon that can strike anywhere on the planet within a few ...

WASHINGTON — For the second straight time, controllers lost contact with an experimental U.S. military hypersonic vehicle before it could complete its planned flight profile. The second Hypersonic ...

The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency may have lost contact with its Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 some 9min after launch, but the 23 April mission would appear to stand as a ...

Speedier perhaps than even Superman, the fastest plane ever built, the Falcon HTV-2, can get from London to Sydney in less than an hour, all the while withstanding temperatures of almost 2,000 degrees ...

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) tried with little success on Thursday to fly its high-speed Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 (HTV-2), a mishap the agency chalked up to continued ...

Six months after its maiden flight ended in the aircraft self-destructing, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) says it knows what went wrong with the Falcon Hypersonic Test ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Back on August 11th DARPA launched, then lost, its Falcon hypersonic ...

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If all goes well, the Pentagon this week will test an unmanned aircraft that, in theory, can travel at speeds upwards of 13,000 miles per hour and send a missile to strike an identified target within ...