Key Points and Summary - NASA's X-43A, an unmanned scramjet testbed, set the world record for an air-breathing aircraft by hitting Mach 9.6 in 2004. -Launched from a B-52 and boosted by a Pegasus ...

Kratos Defense will utilize the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic ...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2025 conducted high-speed, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft tests, supporting aeronautics, air mobility, and Earth observation through experimental flights ...

Stratolaunch may conduct another hypersonic test flight this weekend from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. The flights are part of a Department of Defense program to test advanced capabilities ...

China appears to have crossed a decisive threshold in airborne strike warfare with the first publicly observed integration of ...

Stratolaunch may conduct a hypersonic test flight in the coming days from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. The company uses the world's largest aircraft, Roc, to launch its uncrewed, reusable ...

Hypersonic vehicles — aircraft that can reach speeds of Mach 5 and beyond — are subject to extreme conditions while they are in flight, requiring strong yet aerodynamic materials to keep them both in ...

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The European Space Agency (ESA) recently jumped into the burgeoning space-plane sector, announcing funding for a new research program called Invictus, which will develop a hypersonic space plane ...

Even a handful of B-21s, paired with “loyal wingman” drones and equipped with long-range weapons, are enough to seriously complicate China’s plans for its part of the world. A second B-21 Raider ...