For nearly a decade, the X-15 - the fastest flying manned aircraft ever made - completed 199 missions at record breaking ...

The record-breaking NASA/USAF X-15, the fastest plane ever built, could blaze through the skies at a staggering 4,520mph, ...

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 ...

The diffusion of technology means U.S. military superiority must come not just from the weapons it has but also from how it ...

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 ...

Rocket planes are odd aircraft using rocket engines, achieving hypersonic speeds. Drones come in various forms, from ...

An Oreshnik loaded with a MIRV (Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle) containing conventional munitions is the hypersonic missile ... take over the role of manned aircraft. In addition to being ...

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 ...

The Common Front End (CFE) is targeted at helping... Australia Developing Hypersonic Flying Testbed is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN ...

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

UDRI performs Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of hypersonic flows in order to better guide the design process. CFD allows iteration and flexibility within a given design space, thus ...

where manned and unmanned platforms work together. While many aspects of the aircraft remain unclear, the three-engine configuration was one of the most significant developments. The unusual design ...