DARPA, AFRL, Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne team's second Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept launched from B-52H accomplishes all test objectives

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne team accomplished their primary objectives during its second Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) flight test doubling the amount of scramjet-powered vehicle data.

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Launching from a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, the HAWC system's first stage boosted it to the targeted engine ignition envelope, where the Aerojet Rocketdyne scramjet engine fired and accelerated the system to speeds in excess of Mach 5  (Picture source: Lockheed Martin)

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