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USAF plans first-ever hypersonic weapon test in 2010

机译:美国空军计划在2010年进行首次超音速武器测试

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The US military is preparing for a first-ever flight test in 2010 of an armed hypersonic vehicle that can reach speeds as high as M20 to hit targets halfway across the globe in a matter of hours. The US Air Force (USAF) says it decided "within the last month" to use newly released funding for a weaponised flight test under the Force Application and Launch from Continental United States (Falcon) programme. Led by the USAF and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Falcon aims to fly a hypersonic test vehicle - known as HTV-2 - well above M5: the boundary for hypersonic flight. Two unarmed flight tests of HTV-2 have already been scheduled for 2009, but now the USAF plans to hold a third weaponised flight test in 2010. According to Keith Bowman, the lead engineer for global strike programmes at the US Air Force Research Laboratory (USAFRL) in Ohio: "The air force... is getting engaged [with the Falcon programme] very much more than ever before." He told Jane s on 18 June: "We're looking at the design and saying 'OK, let's go into athird flight and weaponise that flight and actually see how well it performs as a weapon.'"
机译:美国军方正在为2010年进行的武装超音速飞行器进行首次飞行测试做准备,该飞行器可以达到M20的速度,在数小时内就可以击中全球一半的目标。美国空军(USAF)表示,它决定“在上个月内”将新发布的资金用于美国陆军“部队申请和发射”计划下的武器化飞行试验。在美国空军和国防高级研究计划局(DARPA)的领导下,猎鹰公司的目标是驾驶高音速测试飞行器HTV-2,远高于M5:高音速飞行的边界。 HTV-2的两次非武装飞行测试已经计划在2009年进行,但是现在美国空军计划在2010年进行第三次武器化飞行测试。据美国空军研究实验室(US Air Force Research Laboratory)全球打击计划的首席工程师Keith Bowman说美国空军在俄亥俄州:“空军……(与Falcon计划)的接触比以往任何时候都要多。”他在6月18日告诉Jane s:“我们正在研究设计并说'好吧,让我们进行第三次飞行并将该飞行武器化,然后实际查看其作为武器的性能如何。”

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