If China can pull off large-scale production of such a plane, it would revolutionize international air travel as we know it.

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 ...

Is the future of flight supersonic, hypersonic, or something entirely new? While some dream of breaking the sound barrier, ...

Following their success in developing hypersonic missiles, China has now set its sights on creating a hypersonic aircraft. Should this endeavour prove successful, such an aircraft would possess the ...

America’s newest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, the only non- Nimitz class ship in the fleet and the first of ...

Stratolaunch has announced plans to launch its reusable Talon-A hypersonic testbed aircraft from the Spirit of Mojave, a modified Boeing 747, under a new $24.7 million agreement with the Missile ...

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 ...

The Talon has been in the news for some time now, not in small part because it is described as America's first privately funded, reusable hypersonic aircraft. It is basically a testbed that can be ...

But one glider design in particular has stood out with ... In 2021, China conducted a test flight of a hypersonic glide aircraft capable of going around the Earth. This capability left US ...

Recent research in this field has focused on various design methodologies, aerodynamic characteristics, and performance optimization techniques to improve the overall effectiveness of hypersonic ...

Engineers will enhance controls and integrate advanced jet materials to create a full propulsion system, a key step toward achieving flight capabilities.

“Current hypersonic test facilities are booked a year or more in advance and are ... “With Quarterhorse Mk 1, we’ve proven our ability to design and build a clean-sheet aircraft in just 204 days. Now, ...