Blackswift Hypersonic Demonstrator Could Pave Way for SR-71 Successor
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Darpa and the U.S. Air Force will fly Blackswift, a Mach 6+ demonstrator formerly dubbed HTV-3X, as early as 2012 under plans just released. The Blackswift announcement solicits industry responses by mid-April, and at the same time clears up much of the mystery over the future of the current...
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