The Defense Innovation Unit achieved a successful suborbital launch of a hypersonic test platform that demonstrated sustained ...

Rocket Lab scrubbed the planned Feb. 25 launch of its HASTE suborbital rocket, which will send a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle up for the U.S. military. No new target date has been announced.

Hypersonix 3D printed scramjet reaches Mach 5 in historic flight, showcasing groundbreaking hypersonic technology from ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Lockheed Martin team, an ...

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Key Points and Summary - NASA Planned a Mach 15 X-43D. It Never Flew — and That Matters Now. -NASA’s X-43A proved that an air-breathing scramjet could fly at hypersonic speeds, reaching Mach 7 and ...

Supersonic combustion and scramjet engine dynamics represent a frontier in aerospace propulsion, offering a pathway to ultra‐high-speed flight through the efficient combustion of fuel in a supersonic ...

Liftoff of the "That's Not a Knife" suborbital mission occurred at 7 p.m. ET on Friday (Feb. 27). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Hypersonix Launch Systems is counting down for the first mission of its scramjet-powered hypersonic aircraft, which potentially could one day change the face of aircraft travel.

The Pentagon took another step toward speeding up hypersonic testing. The Defense Innovation Unit ...