DOD Wrapping Up Review Of HTV-2 Test Flight

By Jordana Mishory / August 19, 2010 at 7:19 PM
The Pentagon is in the final phases of an internal review to determine why an unmanned, rocket-launched, hypersonic air vehicle failed to complete its test run over the Pacific Ocean earlier this year, according to a senior defense official. A report on the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) test in April is expected “within the next month or so,” Zachary Lemnios, director of defense research and engineering, told reporters during a press breakfast Thursday. The program is seeking to...

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