An official from Russian Helicopters told RIA Novosti that the company’s Mi-24K testbed will soon test speeds in excess of 240kts.
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X-2 expected to clock around 50 flights during test campaign
Flight Global interviewed Hirofumi Doi, manager of Japan’s Future Fighter Program at the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), and Doi said the X-2 demonstrator will fly around 50 flights.
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That weird-looking VTOL X-Plane has flown
Aurora Flight Sciences announced last week that a subscale model of its LightningStrike, Vertical Take-off and Landing Experimental Plane (VTOL X-plane) for DARPA has flown at a military installation.
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Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences
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Official MHI press statement on X-2’s maiden flight
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has a press release on the first flight of the X-2 stealth demonstrator.
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