Hypersonic Waverider Completes Test

Credit: Waverider: USAF
LOS ANGELES—As the U.S. Air Force takes the first steps toward active procurement of an air-launched hypersonic weapon, a team of Australian-U.S. researchers has conducted the first successful glide flight of an advanced weapon-like waverider configuration at speeds of more than Mach 7. The flight...

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