LoFLYTE

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LoFlyte (Low Observable Flight Test Experiment) [1] is a supersonic / hypersonic unmanned technology demonstrator stealth aircraft, [2] designed in a joint effort between the US Air Force and NASA [3] [4] to test the characteristics of hypersonic vehicles at low speeds and low altitudes. [5] It first flew in 1996. [3] Built by Accurate Automation. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "NASA - LoFlyte".
  2. ↑ "spaceagecontrol.com : Main > Accurate Automation and Flight Test Air Data Booms (Pitot / Static)". spaceagecontrol.com. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  3. 1 2 "NASA's LoFLYTE™ Program Flown". nasa.gov. NASA. July 1997. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ LoFlyte Waverider Wind Tunnel Model – National Museum of the United States Air Force
  5. ↑ Hypersonic Waveriders
  6. ↑ "Accurate Automation LoFLYTE".
  7. ↑ "LoFLYTE Waverider Wind Tunnel Model". National Museum of the United States Air Force™.


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