To date, NASA has achieved speeds of Mach 9.6 using a scramjet (the X-43A unmanned hypersonic aircraft). Had the X-24C project proceeded, the US would likely be much further ahead today with ...

Beijing-based Space Transportation, also known as Lingkong Tianxing Technology, recently revealed not one but two hypersonic aircraft: The Yunxing commercial passenger jet and the Cuantianhou ...

The Talon has been in the news for some time now, not in small part because it is described as America's first privately funded, reusable hypersonic aircraft. It is basically a testbed that can be ...

The US MDA completed the second flight test of the Hypersonic Test Bed (HTB), a test designated HTB-2 ... The Philippine Air Force is reportedly finalising terms for the upgrade of 12 and additional ...

(Stratolaunch) Stratolaunch, a California-based firm building a reusable hypersonic test vehicle, is modifying its carrier aircraft to support high-speed test missions around the globe. Through a ...

How does it compare to the supersonic Boom XB-1? What is the speed of the fastest aircraft in the world? The Hermeus Quarterhorse hypersonic aircraft is expected to be record-breakingly fast ...

Stratolaunch previously test flew the gargantuan aircraft for the Navy under a project called the Multiservice Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB). It deployed Talon-A, an autonomous ...

North Korean state media KCNA released photos showing the wedge-shape hypersonic glide vehicle on what is likely a Hwasong-16Na ballistic missile. Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China ...

Three-year-long experiments conducted at China’s Tiangong space station have yielded groundbreaking results which can boost the performance of hypersonic missiles and vehicles ... This alloy can ...

Hypersonic developer Stratolaunch has received ... this was achieved using a highly-specialised and unusual mother ship aircraft called Roc. Believed to be the largest aircraft currently flying ...

Defense company Kratos and subcontractors Rocket Labs and Leidos are involved in a $1.45 billion, 5-year U.S. government contract for testing hypersonic missiles Hypersonic weapons have been in ...