The Invictus project is leveraging tech that the now-defunct British company Reaction Engines developed for a huge space ...

CHINA has thrown itself into the supersonic passenger jet race with its C949 plane that can zoom from London to New York in ...

China say the C949 could reduce Britain to New York journey time from the usual seven hours to less than half that, making ...

In May, 2025, hypersonic plane developer Hermeus flew its Quarterhorse Mk 1 prototype. It flew at Edwards Air Force Base.

Stratolaunch built and operates the world’s largest airplane by wingspan. It is the twin-fuselage Roc, which serves as an air ...

There have been several attempts over the decades to build a so-called Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO) vehicle, but thus far, ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is working with European partners on a hypersonic aicraft design called the Invictus, should fly in 2031.

How do you defend against a missile that travels nine times the speed of sound and evades even the most advanced radar? This ...

Decades before the rumored SR-72 “Darkstar,” America had already conquered hypersonic flight with the X-15 rocket plane. -In 1967, this remarkable experimental aircraft, developed by North American ...

Rep. Vince Fong and Rep. George Whitesides are co-sponsoring the MACH Act to research hypersonics, as the US is catching up ...

In a paper published in Acta Astronautica, the researchers demonstrated how origami may be the solution to low Earth orbit’s ...