Air Force awards contracts for Hypersonic Test Vehicle boosters

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Orbital Sciences Corporation $27 million for two Minotaur IV rockets that will boost Hypersonic Test Vehicles being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) FALCON program. The rockets will launch the Lockheed Martin-built HTV-2a in 2008...

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