NASA'S LoFLYTE AIRCRAFT BEGINS FLIGHT TESTS THIS MONTH By Andrea Ahles

NASA will begin testing its hypersonic Low-Observable Flight Test Experiment (LoFLYTE) aircraft at the end of this month, agency officials said.

The eight-foot aircraft was built by Accurate Automation Corp. under a Small Business Innovative Research contract from NASA and the Air Force. Less than $2 million has been spent on the program, which began two and a half years ago, Dave Reubush, acting deputy director of the hypersonic vehicles office, told Defense Daily yesterday.

The hypersonic vehicle will be flight tested at subsonic speeds, from Dryden Flight Research Center, Calif. Barring...