The Air Force is prepare to examine its Mach 10 speedster , the unmanned Falcon hypersonic test fomite that will pave the way for spurt that can vanish faster than a bat out of hell on their way to sleuth on everyone , neglect bombs and even sling satellites into orbit .
Expected to first fly in 2008 , its creator at Lockheed Martin and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) are putting the final touch on its propulsion system , where the trick is transitioning between jet turbine engine , which work up to Mach 4 , and scramjets for higher speeds .
This is one lightning - profligate jet , fully three times faster than its predecessor , the SR-71 Blackbird . We were only waiting for this second to arise , when one day this technology might discover its elbow room into rider plane .
Falcon Fills Blackbird ’s Shoes[DefenseTech ]
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