‘R2-D2’ Spotted On Scaled Composite’s ARES Test Jet
One of the company’s exotic testbeds has received a perfect Star Wars-inspired feature.
One of the company’s exotic testbeds has received a perfect Star Wars-inspired feature.
The Advanced Reactive Strike Missile will be able to hit targets on land and at sea and be fired from a launcher inside a shipping container.
The experimental Ares testbed jet has joined the ‘Son Of Ares’ jets in ongoing test work over the Mojave Desert.
The service says it wants flying prototypes by 2022 and that it could have the first examples in service six years afterward.
A comical sticker on the ARES jet gives us the conclusive answers we were looking for as to the Model 401’s lineage.