DARPA has announced two test flights of it's Hypersonic Technology Vehicles next year in May and October.
Both will be launched by Minotaur solid-fuel rockets from Vandenberg Air Force Base and will impact near Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific.
If these flights are successful the next flight demonstrator may be the reusable Blackswift plane and we will be a step closer to getting anywhere on the planet in just a few hours.
(via flightinternational)
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