Fresh Funding Gets LEA Hypersonic Tests Back On Track

SAN FRANCISCO — First ground tests of a complete engine for a Franco-Russian Mach 8 hypersonic test vehicle are being planned following the resumption of funding. In development by MBDA, French research agency Onera and several Russian aerospace partners, the test vehicle, called LEA, is aimed at...

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