The Falcon HTV-2 hypervelocity vehicle could glide at a speed at Mach 20, reaching targets 4,000 nautical miles away in 30 minutes. Image: DARPAPentagon To Test 2nd Near-Space Strike Craft -- Washington Times
Weapon designed for urgent threats.
Defense Department scientists are set to conduct a second test launch next year of the Falcon HTV-2 experimental superweapon after the first flight this year ended when the autopilot deliberately crashed the unmanned glider into the ocean as a safety measure.
The Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle is designed to skim the top of the atmosphere just below space, and is a key element of the Pentagon's Conventional Prompt Global Strike (CPGS) capability — a program to build non-nuclear strategic weapons that can strike conventionally anywhere in the world in less than an hour.
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More News on The Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle
Darpa: Now We Know Why Our Mach-20 Ship Crashed -- The Danger Room
Falcon is healthy, few tweaks will suffice to fly the next mission in late 2011 -- The Register
DARPA Concludes Review Of Falcon HTV-2 Flight Anomaly -- Space Travel
DARPA: Hypersonic strato-ship crackup was no biggie -- The Register
DARPA explains Falcon HTV-2 flight failure -- Flight Global
Does US need $1bn hypersonic test area after HTV-2 failure? -- Flight Global
'Prompt Global Strike' Weapons Still Years Away -- National Defense
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