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Thursday, March 29, 2007

US Commissions Hypersonic Radome Research

A radome is simply the covering in front of a radar that protects it but allows signals through - on a fighter plane's nose, an AWACS plane's back, or what have you.

That's something of challenge, however, when the vehicle is moving at Mach 5-10 and has to cope with the tremendous heat created by air friction.

See "Australia, USA Collaborating on Hypersonic Research" for more coverage of current research into hypersonic vehicles, missiles, and launch systems.

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