A, an unmanned scramjet testbed, set the world record for an air-breathing aircraft by hitting Mach 9.6 in 2004. -Launched ...

Key Points and Summary – NASA’s X-43A wasn’t a paper study—it was a 12-foot, hydrogen-fueled experimental jet that proved an ...

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Boeing X-51A Waverider demonstrator successfully achieved sustained, scramjet-powered, air-breathing hypersonic flight above Mach 5 in its ...

The race to field reusable hypersonic aircraft got a whole lot hotter last month, with GE Aerospace announcing a breakthrough in high-speed jet engine design that could potentially allow conventional.

The payoff for reaching air-breathing hypersonic flight—five times the speed of sound, without rockets—would be revolutionary. A hypersonic airliner could carry passengers to any place on Earth within ...

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. performed a second successful test of a reusable hypersonic test vehicle in March, the Pentagon said on Monday, enabling quicker development of U.S. hypersonic ...

Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with ...