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

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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 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 ...

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 ...

The wreckage of a small commercial passenger plane that went missing in freezing, windy conditions over the Bering Sea was found Friday, officials said. All 10 onboard are presumed dead.

The X-30 hypersonic liner was the most significant hypersonic undertaking in the United States. The development of this large hypersonic passenger aircraft was initiated in 1986; however, it was ...

An sophisticated hypersonic dual-mode ramjet that can ... The conventional turbojets and turbofans found in passenger aircraft are not the same as the air-breathing ramjet engines.

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 ...