The Debrief: Hypersonic Bomber Emerges As Office’s Next Goal After NGAD

Lockheed Martin SR-72 concept

Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 concept featured a turbine-based combined cycle propulsion system.

Credit: Lockheed Martin
A secretive DARPA office has a new project: a large hypersonic bomber prototype. The Aerospace Projects Office (APO) keeps a low profile, even by DARPA standards. It’s existence is omitted from the “offices” page on DARPA’s website, unlike the organization’s better-known six technical and nine...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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