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Aptly named after the fastest shark in the sea, the Lockheed Martin 'Mako' is the first hypersonic advanced weapons system compatible with various use cases.
The X-24C proposed to incorporate lessons learned during the X-15 and X-24B trials. The expectation was that the X-24C would reach top speeds exceeding Mach 8 while performing hypersonic skip-glide maneuvers for long-range missions.