During a test flight Thursday, 11 August, DARPA's Falcon HTV-2
scramjet powered aircraft experienced a flight anomaly post perigee
and into the vehicle's climb. The anomaly prompted the vehicle's
autonomous flight safety system to use the craft's aerodynamic
systems to make a controlled descent and splash down into the
ocean, according to a DARPA news release.
The F-35C is another step closer to initial ship trials on an
aircraft carrier at sea. The F-35 integrated test force completed
jet blast deflector (JBD) testing at the NAVAIR facility in
Lakehurst, N.J. Aug. 13 with a round of two-aircraft testing. F-35C
test aircraft CF-1 along with an F/A-18E tested a combined JBD
cooling panel configuration to assess the integration of F-35s in
aircraft carrier launch operations.
Residents Of Maine Gearing Up For Third Fight Against Noise,
Hazards To GA
As government agencies look for ever more ways to tighten
national security, there is increasing push-back from citizens
unwilling to let precautions against hypothetical,
once-in-a-lifetime scenarios degrade their lives 365 days a year.
Such a case is unfolding in Maine, where Governor Paul LePage has
joined residents fighting an Air National Guard proposal for
low-level F-15 training flights in the mountains of Western
Maine.
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