An X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight vehicle. Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo / Alamy Stock Photo The U.S. government plans to support Japan’s hypersonic weapons program with testing ...
An unmanned X-51A Waverider test plane achieved an incredible speed of more than 3800 mph on May 1, reaching Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean. The X-51A traveled more than 230 nautical miles in rou ...
One of the missiles compatible with the new technology is the X-51A Waverider projectile (also built by Boeing) which is ...