The DARPA glider, called the Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle 2 (HTV-2), blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California atop a Minotaur 4 rocket at 7:45 a.m. PDT.

The HTV-2 is designed to fly anywhere in the world in less than 60 minutes. This capability requires an aircraft that can fly at 13,000 mph, while experiencing temperatures in excess of 3,500F.

The DARPA glider, called the Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle 2 (HTV-2), blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California atop a Minotaur 4 rocket at 7:45 a.m. PDT.

At the same time, Lockheed’s legendary Skunk Works is working on other secret hypersonic aircraft including the Falcon HTV-2. The unmanned aircraft is launched on a rocket and could achieve Mach ...

DARPA even produced video, taken from a tracking ship in the Pacific. And just for fun, here’s an animation showing how easily the HTV-2 would blow past an F-18 poking along at Mach 1.5.

A second flight was on 11 August 2011. The unmanned Falcon HTV-2 successfully separated from the booster and entered the mission’s glide phase, but again lost contact with control about nine minutes ...

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.

Thus the HTV-2. So, "Relax, we're gonna hammer you, but not with the knockout blow." Seems odd at first, but if I think about certain theatres, it does make sense.

Share Guy Norris (Los Angeles), Graham Warwick (Washington)March 22, 2010 Credit: U.S. AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY ...

The DARPA glider, called the Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle 2 (HTV-2), blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California atop a Minotaur 4 rocket at 7:45 a.m. PDT.

An arrowhead-shaped vehicle, the Falcon HTV-2 was laden with sensors to gather data on how the shape performs in the atmosphere as it travels between 17 and 22 times the speed of sound, or close ...

DARPA announced that it will conduct a second flight test of the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 Thursday (Aug. 11), expecting to test projections of what happens to a vehicle traveling 20 ...