DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency released a statement on today’s flight of the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2.

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“Here’s what we know,” said Air Force Maj. Chris Schulz, DARPA’s program manager. We know how to insert the aircraft into atmospheric hypersonic flight. “DARPA has assembled a team of experts that will analyze the flight data collected during today’s test flight, expanding our technical understanding of this incredibly harsh flight regime,” said Schulz, the prograam manager. “As today’s flight indicates, high-Mach flight in the atmosphere is virtually uncharted territory. ”

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Take a look at the animated video above on what DARPA envisioned the Falcon's test flight accomplishing.
"To address these obstacles, DARPA has assembled a team of experts that will analyze the flight data collected during today's test flight, expanding our technical understanding of this incredibly harsh flight regime," explained Schulz.
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“Range assets have lost telemetry with HTV2," the agency announced shortly after the flight. HTV2 has an autonomous flight termination capability.

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DARPA's first Falcon test, HTV-1, did not go as planned.