NASA’s X-43A, a groundbreaking hypersonic scramjet vehicle, achieved an unprecedented speed of Mach 9.6, solidifying its status as the fastest atmospheric combustion-engine air vehicle in the world.

The Houthis fired what they claimed was a "new hypersonic ballistic missile" at Israel on Sunday. The missile traveled more than 1,200 miles in roughly 11 minutes and 30 seconds, the Houthis said. The ...

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 conventional.

Hypersonix Launch Systems is an Australian start-up that is turning heads in the hypersonic sector. Its current portfolio includes its unmanned DART, VISR, and Delta Velos demonstrator vehicles, all ...

Australia’s reusable hypersonic engine program could have ramifications well beyond the military sector. Australia continues breaking new ground with its hypersonic weapons program. This time, ...

As nations across our planet are striving to strengthen their defense capabilities, hypersonic weapons are considered to be a potential game-changer in future warfare. This is due to their extreme ...

Rotating Detonation Engines (RDE) have been flown by Venus Aerospace. They use continuous detonation waves for propulsion and provide 15% efficiency gains (in specific impulse or fuel consumption) ...

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) regards the ground test of an active cooled scramjet combustor as being a milestone in its development of next-generation hypersonic missiles. (Defence Research ...

China has tested a powerful engine that can carry weapons at remarkable speeds through both air and water. The novel engine achieved 90% efficiency in laboratory tests, which were conducted in ...

NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a modest $892,292 earlier this month to study the feasibility of developing an unmanned hypersonic spy plane called the SR-72. This superfast recon drone, first teased in ...

An Indian government defence laboratory has successfully tested a scramjet as part of efforts to develop hypersonic missiles. The Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) conducted the 120s ...

The future of aviation just flashed by at an eye-watering 3,000 miles an hour. That’s Mach 5.1, for you space travelers. It was the longest air-breathing hypersonic – five times faster than sound, or ...