A Chinese aerospace firm has completed the first test flight of a passenger plane that it claims can ... could go as fast as ...

The situation might change with the Quarterhorse, a hypersonic passenger plane technology demonstrator. Hypersonic vehicles are commonly associated with weapons. They are gliding or propulsion ...

The unusual fuselage shape could be used to accommodate more cargo or passengers than the familiar, slimmed-down hypersonic plane. Kai said the researchers first tested a scaled-down model of the ...

A Chinese firm says it expects to fly a supersonic prototype in the second half of this year, with the goal of eventually flying a more advanced hypersonic commercial jet by 2030 at Mach 5 (3,836 ...

At supersonic speeds, the XB-1 jet could feasibly fly passengers ... anything that reaches hypersonic speeds, is also technically supersonic. But not every supersonic aircraft is hypersonic.

(Stratolaunch) Stratolaunch, a California-based firm building a reusable hypersonic test vehicle, is modifying its carrier aircraft to support high-speed test missions around the globe. Through a ...

The plane would travel at hypersonic speed – more than 6,000km ... it takes a regular passenger aeroplane about 14 hours to fly between the two cities – a distance of about 11,000km.

Beijing-based Space Transportation, also known as Lingkong Tianxing Technology, recently revealed not one but two hypersonic aircraft: The Yunxing commercial passenger jet and the Cuantianhou (“Flying ...

As if a hypersonic executive aircraft wasn't enough, the Air Force just awarded a contract to develop a supersonic passenger plan that could one day shuttle the President of the United States ...

A Chinese start-up has said its superfast drone – capable of reaching four times the speed of sound – will make its first flight next year as military hypersonic technology trickles down to ...

Hypersonic refers to aerial objects-including aircraft, missiles, rockets, and spacecraft-that can reach speeds through ... it appears unlikely that hypersonic passenger flights will emerge as a major ...