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U.S. startup nails flight test of a drone built for hypersonic speeds (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Drone has been used for unmanned full sized aircraft since at least WW2. The first flight of the Interstate TDR was in 1942.