The United States Air Force is building a fleet of uncrewed combat drones designed to fly alongside its most advanced manned ...

The Pentagon’s hypersonic jet testing represents a significant leap forward in travel technology. These developments offer a tantalizing glimpse into the future of both commercial and military ...

Traveling at 5-times the speed of sound, skipping off the boundary of the upper atmosphere and descending upon enemy targets with unprecedented speed, emerging hypersonic weapons promise to massively ...

Germany has awarded Polaris Spaceplanes a contract to develop and flight test a two-stage ...

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) is gearing up for an upcoming launch that underscores its growing role in U.S. defense and ...

"Hypersonic" refers to speeds over Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. That's approximately 3,800 miles per hour, a pace that could take you all the way around the equator in less time than it ...

Hypersonic weapons promise unmatched speed and reach, but they are held back by a fundamental engineering problem: propulsion ...

Wave Motion co-founders James Penna and Finn van Donkelaar show off their company’s Jet Gun prototype and test projectiles in the back of a box truck parked at Seattle’s Pioneer Square. (GeekWire ...

DARPA and the US Air Force have started the High Mach Gas Turbine (HMGT) program to develop reusable hypersonic planes. The core technology revolves around Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) ...

Hypersonic fight start-up Hermeus is advancing production of its first supersonic-capable aircraft. The company has released images of the Quarterhorse Mk 2 prototype progressing through assembly, ...

GE tested atmospheric test of launched airbreathing system (ATLAS) Flight Test Vehicle which marking a major milestone in advancing solid fuel ramjet (SFRJ) propulsion technology. Solid fuel ramjets ...