May 10, 2022 Redesigned birdchaser sleds at Holloman test track saves time, money The birdchaser sleds, used to mitigate bird and animal strikes during HHSTT test missions, are one of the two main methods of mitigating animal strikes. Orchard cannons and small birdchaser sleds are fired in the range of 10 to 40 seconds before the mission sleds.
Oct. 25, 2021 Holloman High Speed Test Track completes two recovery missions at over 5,000-feet per second Since July 2021, the 846th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., successfully stopped two sleds traveling over 5,000-feet per second on a monorail as part of the Hypersonic Sled Recovery, or HSR, effort.According to Daniel Lopez, project manager for the test that was completed in July, the