Stratolaunch’s world’s largest Roc aircraft, featuring the Talon-A reusable hypersonic aircraft, could take off before the end of 2023. The newspaper reports this Defense News With reference to the company’s press service.
“Stratolaunch is about to launch Talon-A on its first hypersonic flight,” the material said.
According to the company, the Talon-A must continue flying and landing in the ocean after separation from the main aircraft, the Roc. Talon-A is expected to land on the runway in the second test flight planned for next year. The Pentagon sees the plane as a platform for testing hypersonic technologies.
According to the press release, Stratolaunch’s giant Roc aircraft, named after a griffin-like creature, can carry weight equivalent to the weight of 33 large elephants. The Airbird’s 385-foot wingspan makes it the largest aircraft in service; It occupies an entire hangar at the company’s manufacturing and testing facilities at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
The world’s largest plane in 2017 passed the tests on the runway. online later seen Video of the first flight of the twin-fuselage six-engine aircraft from Stratolaunch Systems.
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