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| Keywords: US Navy 020530-O-0000X-002 Cruise Missile Research NASA.jpg en NASA Langley Research Center VA May 30 2002 -- A hypersonic cruise missile engine used in the first-ever ground test of a full scale fully integrated hypersonic cruise missile using conventional liquid hydrocarbon fuel A team led by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory APL from Laurel MD in collaboration with the newly developed Hypersonic Flight Demonstration Program conducted jointly with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA and the Office of Naval Research ONR are developing experiments to produce a future high-speed strike weapon capable of speeds in excess of Mach 6 with a range of 600 nautical miles Hydrocarbon fuels are non-toxic and safe to carry aboard ship Photo courtesy DARPA/ONR/NASA Langley Research Center RELEASED 2002-05-30 020530-O-0000X-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2104 Photo courtesy DARPA/ONR/NASA Langley Research Center PD-USGov-Military-Navy Langley Research Center Wind tunnel aircraft models Aircraft engine testbeds May 2002 photographs | ||||
