#htv-2

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The Falcon HTV-2 is a hypersonic glide vehicle which is the world's fastest unmanned aerial vehicle. It is capable of reaching speeds of over Mach 17 or ~13,000 mph. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_Technology_Vehicle_2

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DARPA Falcon HTV-2

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Traveling At 20 Times The Speed Of Sound

WASHINGTON – Imagine traveling anywhere you want on earth in less than one hour? A crazy thought that hold’s no baring? Not so, according to the U.S. military, who states it will have a hypersonic plane ready to fly across the worldly skies at 20 times the speed of sound by...

[joshsternberg]

The agency said it expected the HTV-2, which goes so fast it can make the commute from New York to Los Angeles in 12 minutes, to experience "impulsive shock waves" at such speeds, but shocks it experienced last August were "more than 100 times what the vehicle was designed to withstand

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DARPA Flight Test of World's Fastest Aircraft Fails

It's been awhile since I've posted here... that'll change.  I'm excited for the future of this blog.  Follow me NOW and get excited god dammit!

So the world's fastest aircraft, produced by DARPA, has failed it's second test flight.  It's a sad day, yet still a ludicrous achievement even in failing.  For those who haven't heard of the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) it is an aircraft built with the goal of reaching anywhere in the world in less than an hour... seriously.  Before DARPA lost communication with the aircraft, the HTV-2 reached a speed of Mach 20... 20x the speed of sound... 13,000 MPH... 3.6 miles per second!!  <insert mind blown meme>

[source: kurzweilai.net]

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Space: DARPA loses contact with HTV-2 -

Space: DARPA loses contact wth -:The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA prematurely lost cont #: http://bit.ly/nwVd9E

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[srtmnt]

What looked to be a successful second launch of DARPA’s Falcon HTV-2 hypersonic vehicle has potentially taken a turn for the worse if DARPA’s Twitter feed is any indication. After successful launch, separation, contact with handlers on the ground, and entry into glide phase, the last we heard from DARPA via @DARPA_News doesn’t seem to bode well: “Range assets have lost telemetry with #HTV2. More to follow.” (via DARPA's HTV-2 Launches, Contact Lost, Status of Mission Remains Unclear | Popular Science)