The Raytheon Company and Northrop Grumman Kinetic Energy
Interceptors team fired a powerful first-stage rocket motor Friday,
keeping the KEI program on schedule for a 2009 booster flight
test.
Accelerates To Mach 1.05 With Full Internal Payload
Onboard
Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter felt the need... the
need for SPEED! The advanced fighter aircraft flew supersonic for
the first time last week, accelerating to Mach 1.05 (about 680
miles per hour) in testing November 13.
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