Designed to fly at Mach 6 and beyond, the SR-72 is Lockheed Martin’s next-generation unmanned spy plane—and potential strike weapon - aimed at outpacing enemy defenses with blistering speed. Building ...

The SR-72 ‘Son of Blackbird’, Lockheed Martin’s forthcoming hypersonic wonder. In the contrails of the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, the SR-72 is not so much a successor but a revolutionary breakthrough ...

Rotating Detonation Engines (RDE) have been flown by Venus Aerospace. They use continuous detonation waves for propulsion and ...

Developed for hypersonic weapons, the engine inhales air and water as oxidizing agents depending upon the medium, where it's being used. The engine, which is claimed to be the first of its kind ...

NASA flew the autonomous X-43 test vehicle to hypersonic speed two times in 2004, and the Air Force demonstrated an air-breathing scramjet engine at Mach 5.1 with the X-51 Waverider aircraft in 2013.

“Aerojet Rocketdyne is proud to be a key part of the team demonstrating maturity in advanced hypersonic flight,” said Eileen P. Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president.

Today scramjet propulsion is the subject of continued study, as it appears to be one of the most promising methods of powering hypersonic weapons and aircraft. So, you may be ...

Venus Aerospace: Specific cost figures are not provided, but the simpler VDR2 design could lower production and maintenance expenses. Conclusion Venus Aerospace and Hermeus are pushing the boundaries ...

An Australian hypersonic scramjet technology demonstrator is expected to be launched from the Andøya Rocket Range in Norway as early as Sept. 17. The Scramspace (Scramjet-based Access-to-Space ...

Workable hypersonic airframe development has stymied the industry for decades, but Raytheon cleared the innovation bottleneck with an air-breathing hypersonic weapon and scramjet pairing.

An Australian research team hoping to conduct a free flight Mach 8 test of a novel inlet-fueled scramjet is investigating what prevented the hypersonic flight experiment from reaching the correct ...