The Air Force has designated the GOLauncher1, an air-dropped, liquid-fueled rocket designed to be a testbed for hypersonic flight research and technology development, as the X-60A -- the newest addition to the United States' roster of X-platforms which include aircraft and rockets dating back to 1946. On Oct. 4, the Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Systems Directorate's High Speed Systems Division announced the experimental designation for the vehicle. Also dubbed the GO1 it is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch...
