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Air Force Expects May 25 X-51A Flight

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Monday, May 24th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The X-51A Waverider will make its first hypersonic flight attempt tomorrow, the Air Force said last week. A development effort involving the Air Force Research Laboratory, prime contractor Boeing [BA] and rocket engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney [UTX] Rocketdyne, the X-51 is ready to for flight, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, said. The unmanned X-51A is expected to fly autonomously for five minutes after it is released by a B-52 bomber off…

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