Darpa, NASA, Northrop Grumman Shape Sonic Boom
HUSHED SUCCESS Efforts to harness the sonic boom appear to be bearing fruit. In flight tests, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), NASA and Northrop Grumman were able to use a modified F-5E to shape a sonic boom while flying at Mach 1.36 and 32,000 ft. Tests also showed the...
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