Monday, November 7, 2016

Hypersonic Flight Is Coming: Will the US Lead the Way?

Hypersonic Flight Is Coming: Will the US Lead the Way?

Hypersonic Flight Is Coming: Will the US Lead the Way?
Artist's rendering of Lockheed Martin's SR-72 concept vehicle, which the company says could potentially fly six times faster than the speed of sound.
Credit: Lockheed Martin Corp.
MOJAVE, California — The world is at the start of a renaissance in supersonic and hypersonic flight that will transform aviation, but the effort will need steady commitment and funding if the United States wants to lead the way, congressional leaders and industry officials said at a forum late last month.
"What's exciting about aerospace today is that we are in a point here where suddenly, things are happening all across the board in areas that just haven't been happening for quite a while," said former U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Bedke...........

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