Spirit Aero Wins High-Speed Wing Work For DARPA

An Air Force Institute of Technology-developed CAD-model of a generic hypersonic vehicle.

Credit: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Spirit AeroSystems will build and test a large, experimental wing to support high-speed aircraft applications under a new DARPA program. The Pentagon’s disruptive science and technology agency announced the $12.9 million award to Spirit for the Caliente program on March 13. The announcement noted...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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