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

The X-15 hypersonic research program was a joint venture between Nasa and the US Air Force - and it led to the creation of ...

Rocket Lab delivers its third spacecraft for Varda's W-3 mission, advancing space manufacturing, despite a dip in stock price ...

California-based space company Rocket Lab will launch more hypersonic test vehicles for the U.S. Military, as the Department of Defense (DOD) continues to invest in hypersonic technology.

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

Hot on the heels of its milestone supersonic flight with its demonstrator aircraft, XB-1, Boom Supersonic has another ...

Once on-orbit production is complete, Rocket Lab and Varda will conduct in-space operations, reentry positioning maneuvers to ...

The mathematics of hypersonic flight primarily involves fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and gas dynamics, particularly ...

TOKYO -- Japan aims to strengthen defenses against hypersonic missiles, with plans to test the tracking capabilities of space-based infrared sensors, Nikkei has learned, as China and Russia make ...