An earlier post, couched in humor (and booted to the humor section with no explanation) was a serious piece of aerospace news. I verified the vehicle was indeed on google Earth at the Florida P&WC facility and, today, a further item on AvWeb:
https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Hypersonic-Hypotheses-Getting-Real-230173-1.html
And an earlier item detailing some business competition in the area:
http://247wallst.com/aerospace-defense/2018/01/12/boeing-shows-off-hypersonic-aircraft-design/
And a picture, supplied by the Chinese, of one of their hypersonic concepts. Look familiar?
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-reveals-images-new-hypersonic-strike-aircraft/
More and more unclassified info is surfacing lately in the hypersonic research arena whether via the Waverunner, and other, programs for Global Precision Strike, the follow-on to the SR-71, and the saber-rattling Chinese and Russians. IMHO, we're about to see a step change in technology coming out of the black and into the open. And, if it is, it only means the next generation beyond is already taking form farther out of sight.
I still suspect the messaging scenario though. Happens all the time.
Cheers,
Larry
https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Hypersonic-Hypotheses-Getting-Real-230173-1.html
And an earlier item detailing some business competition in the area:
http://247wallst.com/aerospace-defense/2018/01/12/boeing-shows-off-hypersonic-aircraft-design/
And a picture, supplied by the Chinese, of one of their hypersonic concepts. Look familiar?
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-reveals-images-new-hypersonic-strike-aircraft/
More and more unclassified info is surfacing lately in the hypersonic research arena whether via the Waverunner, and other, programs for Global Precision Strike, the follow-on to the SR-71, and the saber-rattling Chinese and Russians. IMHO, we're about to see a step change in technology coming out of the black and into the open. And, if it is, it only means the next generation beyond is already taking form farther out of sight.
I still suspect the messaging scenario though. Happens all the time.
Cheers,
Larry