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Yes, the SR-72 Darkstar gets a lot of attention as the next spy plane. However, years back, the SR-91 was getting some of the ...
NASA’s X-43A was a small, unmanned experimental aircraft that, in 2004, shattered world records by flying at nearly Mach 10 (almost 7,000 mph), becoming the fastest air-breathing vehicle in history.
Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino suffered gross sexual harassment from none other than Grok, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence ...
Tech Stratolaunch’s Hypersonic Plane Breaks Mach 5 and Lands Without a Pilot The Talon-A2 vehicle air-launched from the world's biggest aircraft and piloted itself at hypersonic speeds before landing ...
While some of the X-43 and X-51 test flights failed, they provided early-stage data on hypersonic propulsion systems that could power high-speed aircraft and missiles.
This is the first time anyone in the United States has flown a reusable hypersonic rocket plane since the last flight of the X-15, the iconic rocket-powered aircraft that pushed the envelope of ...
During a secret flight in 2021, a bulky, heavy-looking aircraft flew high and fast over the Gobi Desert in China, rocketing all the way to Mach 6.5, or 4,987 miles per hour during the 20 minute ...
Space Transportation's supersonic passenger jet can fly from London to N.Y.C. in under two hours. The brand is also making two hypersonic aircraft.
What if the future of space travel were to look less like Space-X’s rocket-based Starship and more like NASA’s “Hyper-X,” the hypersonic jet plane that, 20 years ago this year, flew faster ...
Hermeus says its Quarterhorse Mk 1 will embark on flight tests later this year. The hypersonic aircraft is eventually expected to reach Mach 5.5.
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Aircraft capable of hypersonic flight will be able to penetrate layered anti-aircraft defenses. During its career as one of the Air Force’s premier ...
DARPA, NASA and the Air Force have also trialed powered hypersonic weapons, most notably the Boeing-made X-51 Waverider, a two-ton, 25-foot-long, two-stage vehicle with a detachable rocket booster ...