A United States-based firm has pitched the idea for a hypersonic aircraft for cargo delivery that can travel at super-fast speeds of Mach 10 or 7,672 miles per hour. US-based Hyperian Aerospace ...

T he United States has successfully completed two test flights of a new reusable hypersonic aircraft that can travel at five times the speed of sound. This development in Mach 5 technology brings ...

Fast-tracking the hypersonic era, Hermeus has rolled out the next prototype of its program, to create a family of aircraft that can fly beyond Mach 5. The Quarterhorse Mk 1 is set to fly later ...

Tests of the Hermeus Quarterhorse Mk. 1 at Edwards AFB, California, will pave the way for a follow-on full-scale turbine-based, combined-cycle-powered version.

Stratolaunch's Roc aircraft takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port on October 28, 2022 during its first captive carry flight with the Talon-A separation test vehicle, TA-0.

DARPA’s proposed aircraft would be powered by high-thrust turbine engines as part of a turbine-based combined-cycle system. Credit: NASA Langley Research Center As the U.S. Air Force analyzes ...

Quarterhorse, the Air Force's next hypersonic aircraft, has taken an epic leap. The SR-71 Blackbird successor is a step closer to breaking the airspeed record.

Though NASA has built small, high-speed aircraft called scramjets that can travel at speeds up to Mach 10, this engine technology is not ready for commercial aviation. More work must be done to make ...

During a secret flight in 2021, a bulky, heavy-looking aircraft flew high and fast over the Gobi Desert in China, rocketing all the way to Mach 6.5, or 4,987 miles per hour during the 20 minute ...

Testing hub for drones, air taxies and hypersonic aircraft coming to Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and federal officials announced Wednesday a new aviation research center the Texas A&M ...

Recently, GE Aerospace expanded the scope of a partnership to develop hypersonic propulsion systems for drones and aircraft. Earlier this year, GE Aerospace reported it successfully advanced a ...

The fictional movie prop of the Darkstar hypersonic test aircraft featured in the opening scene of “Top Gun: Maverick”, will be on static display at Edwards Air Force Base during their open ...