DARPA has confirmed the splash down of its unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) following the hypersonic vehicle's second test flight on August 11. While a "controlled descent" ...

DARPA has launched an unmanned hypersonic gliding vehicle that can reach speeds up to Mach 20 (13,000mph). The Falcon program aims to develop and demonstrate hypersonic technologies for prompt use in ...

WASHINGTON — For the second straight time, controllers lost contact with an experimental U.S. military hypersonic vehicle before it could complete its planned flight profile. The second Hypersonic ...

We have talked about the DARPA HTV-2 hypersonic glider that has been in testing before. The goal of the program is to be able to create a weapon that can strike anywhere on the planet within a few ...

Aerodynamic design validated and new understanding of thermal material properties gained Following an extensive seven-month analysis of data collected from the Aug. 11, 2011, second flight of DARPA’s ...

This story was updated at 5:43 p.m. EDT. Editor's note: DARPA released an update late today confirming that the Falcon HTV-2 aircraft impacted the Pacific Ocean along its planned flight path. Read the ...

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Space news and reference site.This video shows the August 2011 test flight of HTV-2. Learn more about DARPA’s HTV-2 program at http://go.usa.gov/KXs Keith Cowing ...

At 7:45 a.m. PDT, an unmanned glider was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a Minotaur 4 rocket. Overseen by DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the glider, ...

Aerodynamic design validated and new understanding of thermal material properties gained Following an extensive seven-month analysis of data collected from the Aug. 11, 2011, second flight of DARPA’s ...