USAF quits HySTP program, killing Mach 15 propulsion tests
The U.S. Air Force has pulled out of the joint DOD/NASA Hypersonic Systems Technology Program (HySTP), effectively killing the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) follow-on program to test scramjet propulsion at Mach 15 atop surplus ICBMs and costing some 210 contractor employees their jobs. Air Force...
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