North American Aviation’s X-15 rocket plane reached 4,520 mph and climbed to 354,200 feet during a program that ran from 1959 ...

China has surpassed the US in the race to develop practical scramjet-powered land-based systems, ...

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

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

"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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Equipping the Su-57 with hypersonic missiles would be a significant upgrade for the aircraft. However, multiple questions remain, including how many hypersonic missiles the Su-57 could carry. Russia’s ...

Pentagon tests weapon designed to "quickly destroy" global targets within hours. Nov. 17, 2011 — -- Should President Obama want to strike any target in the world from the homeland in just a ...

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

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 ...