A WB-57 from NASA veered off the runway after the pilot aborted take off at Ellington Field, Huston on Mar. 6.
Category: Research
X-60A completes critical design review
The X-60A, an air-dropped liquid rocket for hypersonic flight research, has completed its critical design review.
Watch the maiden flight of the XQ-58A Valkyrie
The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle completed its inaugural flight Mar. 5, 2019 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona.
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Taiwan studying J85 turbojet in order to develop power plant for cruise missile
The latest update from Taiwan says the island actually plans to reverse engineer the General Electric J85 small single-shaft turbojet engine so that it can develop a single-use power plant for its long-range cruise missile.
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XQ-58A to make maiden flight next week
The XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned “loyal wingman” by Kratos Defense will be making its first flight, an executive from the company said in Australia.
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