U.S. Scramjet Ambitions Suffer Major Setback
Another setback hit hypersonics research on Aug. 14, when a control fin that had functioned correctly on two previous flights malfunctioned on the third flight of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Boeing X-51A Waverider, causing the scramjet demonstrator to lose control before its...
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