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Just How Fast Is the SR-72 Darkstar?
The SR-72 “Darkstar,” as it is unofficially known in the film Top Gun: Maverick, is a conceptual hypersonic aircraft ...
Supersonic flight began with dangerous experiments in the 20th century and culminated in Chuck Yeager breaking the sound ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is working with European partners on a hypersonic aicraft design called the Invictus, should fly in 2031.
After years of hesitation, the Trump administration and the Pentagon have acknowledged the shortfall in America’s hypersonic ...
Stratolaunch built and operates the world’s largest airplane by wingspan. It is the twin-fuselage Roc, which serves as an air-launch platform for reusable ...
On May 14, 2025 Venus Aerospace became the first in the world to successfully fly a high-thrust rotating detonation rocket ...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is investigating industry capability and interest in producing a new mobile radar to support ...
A hybrid approach simulates the breakup and entrapment of water droplets in hypersonic vehicles’ air flow fields.
There have been several attempts over the decades to build a so-called Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO) vehicle, but thus far, ...
The Talon A-2 hypersonic aircraft successfully completed its second test flight, passing Mach 5 on 24 March 2025.
Europe’s first runway‑launched hydrogen hypersonic jet aims to fly at Mach 5 ESA has kicked off the program in partnership with UK-based engineering and technology company Frazer-Nash. Updated ...
The U.S. Department of Defense launches a sounding rocket from NASA's launch range at Wallops Flight Facility carrying hypersonic weapon experiments in Virginia ...