POLARIS prepares first flight of NOVA supersonic demonstrator
13 FOMOPOLARIS indicated that its 8.5 m NOVA demonstrator was nearing first flight. The vehicle is intended to demonstrate safe, repeatable rocket-powered supersonic flight at high altitude under full airport regulatory conditions and is described as the final demonstrator before operational vehicles.
Why it matters
Successful NOVA flights would de-risk the path to the larger HYTEV and Aurora vehicles under the Bundeswehr programme.
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Polaris Raumflugzeuge prepares first flight of the next prototypeCEO Alexander Kopp stated at a Handelsblatt conference that the next larger prototype (likely the 8.5 m NOVA demonstrator) was ready for first flight in the coming days. NOVA targets Mach 2 and 20 km altitude as the final pre-operational demonstrator.
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POLARIS indicated that its 8.5 m NOVA demonstrator was nearing first flight. The vehicle is intended