Definitely an old article but a lot is still moving along in the DoD cloud native space. The article mentions Platform One, which has done a lot to provide open source resources for those using k8s within the DoD community.
There was a decent number of people who left Platform One and started Defense Unicorns. If you are interested in disconnected k8s deployments, checkout their open source project Zarf.
- https://zarf.dev/
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Past Mach 10, a layer of plasma is formed on the leading surface of the aircraft, which RF cannot traverse. This is also why atmospheric reentry occurs in a blackout. There's a good explanation of the phenomenon here:
There as yet to be a third flight. DARPA is surprisingly open about the Falcon HTV-2 test flights. The releases have included more info that I would have expected.
As "open" as DARPA is they are subject to confidentiality and are only allowed to disclose what the DoD allows them to disclose. I am no conspiracy theorist but compare the shape/light of the aircraft in my video to the artist night time rendition from the OP article. Even if the aircraft in my video is different, I can tell you I have never seen anything anywhere near as fast as the aircraft in my video including F-15's, F-16's, F-18's or the space shuttle when it lands (which breaks the sound barrier at very low altitude).
Thanks for sharing the video. Yeah, while its not Falcon there are tons of classified launches coming from the Cape. Do you remember if the vehicle was flying south or east?
Sorry for the misunderstanding, the video is not from the Cape but the Eastern edge of the Everglades around South Miami. The aircraft was traveling North, seemingly along the edge Everglades.
There is a Air Force Base very near (10-15 miles)in Homestead, FL and a Navy Base in the Keys (over 100 miles), still it not unknown for the Navy to do exercises that far North, but I think a single aircraft at night might be unusual.
The "gradual wearing of the vehicle's skin" is called is called ablation.
Its a standard way both hyper sonic and reentry vehicles manage heat. Basically the skin boils off creating a pressure wave that the vehicle flights behind.
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There was a decent number of people who left Platform One and started Defense Unicorns. If you are interested in disconnected k8s deployments, checkout their open source project Zarf. - https://zarf.dev/
They also have an interesting OSCAL compliance through kyverno project called Lula. - https://github.com/defenseunicorns/lula