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Key Points and Summary – In one of the greatest ironies of the Cold War, the U.S. had to secretly buy the titanium needed...
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Key Points and Summary – NASA’s X-43A, an unmanned scramjet testbed, set the world record for an air-breathing aircraft by hitting Mach 9.6 in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – NASA’s X-43A wasn’t a paper study—it was a 12-foot, hydrogen-fueled experimental jet that proved an air-breathing engine could fly...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A retrospective on the 1980s Enhanced Tactical Fighter competition concludes the Pentagon wisely chose the F-15E over the F-16XL....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A look back at NASA’s X-43A, the unmanned experimental aircraft that holds the world record for the fastest flight...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – NASA’s X-43A was a small, unmanned Hyper-X demonstrator that proved scramjet, air-breathing propulsion at true hypersonic speed. -Air-dropped from...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – NASA’s Mach 10 Dream: Can the X-43A’s Legacy Go Operational? -In 2004, NASA’s X-43A set the air-breathing speed record at Mach...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The X-43A was a moonshot on a shoestring: three tiny, hydrogen-gulping darts flung off a B-52 and a Pegasus...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – NASA and Grumman’s X-29 was a 1980s–90s technology demonstrator that flipped convention with forward-swept wings and canards to probe...