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Two-year flight delay for DARPA X-plane that steers with air bursts

The X-65 plane Aurora Flight Sciences is building for DARPA would use experimental air burst technology to steer, instead of ...

Stratolaunch may test hypersonic rocket aircraft based in California's Mojave Desert

Stratolaunch previously announced it received $24.7 million from the Missile Defense Agency for a hypersonic flight test ...

Is there a hypersonic test flight in California? What to know about Stratolaunch

Stratolaunch aerospace company may conduct a hypersonic test flight from California. Test uses world's largest aircraft as an ...
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Anduril's pilotless fighter jet completes its first test flight

A few days ago, California-based defense tech firm Anduril concluded the first test flights of its semi-autonomous Fury ...

Anduril's unmanned jet "Fury" makes first flight

A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the AI-powered fighter YFQ-44A has begun flight testing, as General Atomics takes to the sky ...
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NASA Spills All the Beans on Skunk Works X-59 Experimental Aircraft's First Flight

Now that the government shutdown is over, American space agency NASA released all the details about the historic first flight ...
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Joby, L3Harris fly autonomous electric aircraft, eye defense market

Joby and L3Harris hope their autonomous VTOL aircraft could one day carry out military operations, including by acting as a ...
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F-22 Raptor pairs with Avenger drone in combat flight test

The pilot of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter successfully maneuvered an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned jet during a ...

Cal Poly professor’s test flight soars into the stratosphere as students watch

Cal Poly aerospace engineering Professor Paulo Iscold, right, stands with his flight test class at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, following a record-breaking, high-altitude flight on Oct ...