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Falcon HTV-2

Country of Origin: USA

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The Falcon (Force Application and Launch from Continental United States) HTV-2 program was an effort by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and test an uncrewed, rocket-launched, maneuverable, hypersonic air vehicle that could glide through the Earth's atmosphere at speeds of more than Mach 20. The HTV-2 program was specifically aimed at demonstrating and validating technologies required for flight at hypersonic speeds to inform the...

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