Johns Hopkins APL to flight test hypersonic experiment from Sweden

An experiment by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) flight experiment team will soon determine whether the boundary layer transition of a hypersonic vehicle is laminar or turbulent.

Credit: Air Force Office of Scientific Research/Johns Hopkins APL

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Testing of tailless scale model at Arnold Engineering Development Center

A one-eighteenth scale model of an Air Force tailless aircraft recently underwent aerodynamic testing in Arnold Engineering Development Center’s four-foot transonic wind tunnel.

Photo by Rick Goodfriend

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