Aviation News
Head of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Maj. Gen. William Cooley, disclosed at an Air Force Association event on Jul. 10 that the XQ-58A Valkyrie will enter flight testing this autumn.
Graphic: U.S. DoD
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Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully fired its AR-22 booster rocket engine for 10 times over a period of 10 days. The engine will power the DARPA’s Experimental Spaceplane that is being built by Boeing.
Photo: DARPA
Russia is working on its own electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) technology, TASS reports on Jul. 4.
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NASA will bring one of its F/A-18 to Galveston, Texas in November to determine the public’s reaction to quiet sonic booms.
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India announced on May 31 that it has carried out a Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) based missile from the test range in Orissa.
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