Plans Progress For Shefex Hypersonic Demonstrator

PARIS — German aerospace center DLR is moving ahead with its Sharp Edged Flight Experiment (Shefex) hypersonic demonstrator, a project that aims to validate a subscale version of an operational reentry vehicle that could fly at speeds of Mach 20-24. DLR Chairman Johann-Dietrich Woerner says the...

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