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Based on publicly available information, it’s become increasingly clear that there are at least two (and likely three) hypersonic aircraft in active development within the secretive confines of American R&D facilities. If (or maybe more appropriately, when) such a platform enters service, it promises to upend the hypersonic arms race that America has been consistently characterized as losing to near-peers in China and, to a lesser extent, Russia.
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Further Reading:
Hypersonic Arms Race: www.sandboxx.us/blog/is-ameri...
X-20 Dyna-SOAR: www.sandboxx.us/blog/x-20-dyn...
Hypersonic Missile Problems: www.sandboxx.us/blog/high-spe...
Darkstar and the SR-72: www.sandboxx.us/blog/is-there...
Interview w/ Hermeus' Skyler Shuford (Video): • The future is hyperson...
Darkstar China story: www.sandboxx.us/blog/top-gun-...
Russian Hypersonic Hoax: www.sandboxx.us/blog/why-call...
Citations:
X-15 Neil Armstrong: theaviationgeekclub.com/the-s....
Neil Armstrong NASA: www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/ab...
Richard Hallion quote: www.defensemedianetwork.com/s...
Hypersonic missile costs: www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
Russian and Chinese hypersonics in service: www.sandboxx.us/blog/here-are...
Combined cycle engines: www.colorado.edu/faculty/kant...
Mayhem contracting docs: www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...
Leidos contract award: www.leidos.com/insights/leido...
Scramjet propulsion: upcommons.upc.edu/bitstream/h...
X-43A: ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/2...
X-51 Waverider: www.google.com/search?q=x-51+...
Turbofan function: www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/air...
Hermeus Darkhorse: www.hermeus.com/darkhorse
Hermeus Air Force contract: www.aflcmc.af.mil/news/articl...
Raytheon Hermeus investment: www.rtx.com/news/news-center/...
Hermeus F-100 announcement: www.hermeus.com/press-release...
Hermeus turbojet/ramjet transition: www.sandboxx.us/blog/hyperson...
Archive of LM's SR-72 website: web.archive.org/web/201801191...
PopSci SR-72 Cover Story: www.popsci.com/inside-america...
Aviation Week/Pop Mech report on SR-72 demonstrator: aviationweek.com/defense/amid-...
O'Banion Quote: jalopnik.com/lockheed-martin-...
Follow up by Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...