Should this endeavour prove successful, such an aircraft would possess the capability to circumnavigate the globe in a mere seven hours. A hypersonic plane, capable of travelling at Mach 4 (four times ...

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 ...

Recent research in this field has focused on various design methodologies, aerodynamic characteristics, and performance optimization techniques to improve the overall effectiveness of hypersonic ...

The maker of the world's largest airplane is helping the U.S. Department of Defense test technologies at hypersonic speeds. Stratolaunch, whose turbofan-powered “Roc” boasts a longer wingspan ...

Sure, the Air Force has a few demonstrator planes of the B-21 in operation today. But will they get more of these planes in a ...

Stratolaunch is upgrading its 747 carrier platform to support test flights of its hypersonic Talon-A vehicle. (Stratolaunch) ...

Meet the ultimate bomber. A secret Soviet project from the late 50s that could’ve been the fastest military aircraft ever ...

NAVSEA image. The U.S. Navy's premier hypersonic missile program, SM-6 Block IB, based on the SM-6 Block IA, has a new look, seen for the first time at SNA 2025. Share The U.S. Navy’s Program ...

Stratolaunch is upgrading its 747 carrier platform to support test flights of its hypersonic Talon-A vehicle. (Stratolaunch) Stratolaunch, a California-based firm building a reusable hypersonic ...

Uncle Sam is getting his rear-end kicked by the Russians and Chinese (heck, even the North Koreans are starting to outdo the Americans) in the all-important realm of hypersonic weapons.

Stevens is celebrating two of its faculty members, Dr. Victor Lawrence and Dr. Nicholaus Parziale, who received two of the ...