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Air Force Aims For Hypersonic Test Next Week

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force hopes to fly a hypersonic vehicle at Mach 6 for a record of four minutes next week, officials said yesterday. The X-51 WaveRider reached Mach 5 when it flew for the first time in May 2010--at 143 minutes the longest flight of a supersonic combustion ramjet engine, or scramjet (Defense Daily, May 28, 2010). "We definitely hope it will go longer next time," said Charlie Brink, program manager with the Air Force Research Laboratory…

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