X-51A Mission Now in March

The X-51A Waverider scramjet experimental vehicle’s second attempt at broaching the Mach 5 hypersonic threshold will be pushed to late March, following delays caused by test range and aircraft availability. The X-51A was transported from Boeing’s Plant 42 production site at Palmdale, Calif., to...

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