X-51A Scramjet Fails On Second Attempt

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Air Force and X-51A industry team members are studying data to determine why an inlet problem resulted in the failure of the program’s second hypersonic research test flight over the Pacific on June 13. After being released from a B-52H carrier aircraft, the X-51A was boosted...

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