But instead of wings, this missile is a “wave rider.” The missile effectively surfs on its own hypersonic shockwaves ... scramjet engine and wave-riding design should make it highly agile ...

Other innovations include Stargazer's wave-rider design, which is a "highly efficient boost-glide mode of flight" and essentially helps the jet ride its own shockwaves created by hypersonic speeds.

Unfortunately, a flight test of the hypersonic vehicle went awry today as a faulty control fin caused the craft to be lost over the Pacific. From 1990 to 2006 aviation emissions have increased by ...

Article Summary: The X-51 Waverider's 2013 hypersonic flight represented a milestone in military aviation, reaching Mach 5.1 using a scramjet engine after launching from a B-52H. Although it ...

By design, the X-51A, which carried a 240-second (4-minute) fuel supply, ended its flight by crashing into the Pacific Ocean. In total, the experiment delivered 370 seconds (6 minutes, 10 seconds ...

China has successfully tested a new hypersonic aircraft that could one ... The Starry Sky-2, which is an experimental design known as a waverider – for its ability to ride on the shock waves ...

The fourth test of the hypersonic drone achieved the longest scramjet-powered hypersonic flight yet, hitting a top speed of Mach 5.1 (which is 2,924 knots, 3,366 mph and 5,417 km/h using SI ...

The UCF team claims it has successfully stabilized a detonation wave under hypersonic flow conditions ... According to Ahmed, the prototype design is reasonably close to what a full-scale ...

Boeing's unmanned X-51A WaveRider broke the record for the longest hypersonic flight ever, doing so on its fourth successful jaunt in the sky. The total scramjet power flight time clocked in at 3. ...

Insider spoke with the Destinus team at the Paris Air Show in June to learn more about its hydrogen-powered hypersonic jet — take a look. At only two years old, Destinus has big ambitions for ...