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Friday, December 23, 2005

Flight testing approved for supersonic jet engine
The Pentagon has approved the X-51A for flight testing. The program will be managed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Five to eight unmanned X-51As will test their scramjet engines up to Mach 7. The flights are scheduled for December 2008 through January 2009 and are to be launched from Edwards Air Force Base.

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