A Silicon Valley startup with fewer than 200 employees is attempting something no defense contractor has done before: put a ...

The Pentagon’s hypersonic jet testing represents a significant leap forward in travel technology. These developments offer a tantalizing glimpse into the future of both commercial and military ...

Wave Motion co-founders James Penna and Finn van Donkelaar show off their company’s Jet Gun prototype and test projectiles in the back of a box truck parked at Seattle’s Pioneer Square. (GeekWire ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hermeus has completed the first flight of its Quarterhorse Mk 1, a high-speed uncrewed aircraft designed to validate critical ...

The Air Force plans its first hypersonic flight test of the X-51A Waverider aircraft on Tuesday, May 25, over the Pacific Ocean to test the capabilities of its scramjet engine. Officials hope that the ...

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Castelion, a small California defense startup, has won a $105 million U.S.

Rotating Detonation Engines (RDE) have been flown by Venus Aerospace. They use continuous detonation waves for propulsion and provide 15% efficiency gains (in specific impulse or fuel consumption) ...

Equipping the Su-57 with hypersonic missiles would be a significant upgrade for the aircraft. However, multiple questions remain, including how many hypersonic missiles the Su-57 could carry. Russia’s ...

DARPA and the US Air Force have started the High Mach Gas Turbine (HMGT) program to develop reusable hypersonic planes. The core technology revolves around Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) ...

Readers have told us that military news is important to them and we have a reporter dedicated to bringing you the latest. Barrie Barber covers Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and military affairs for ...

The Solid Fuel Ramjet (SFRJ) and the Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet (DMRJ) are seeing rapid success as the U.S. hikes spending and development of hypersonic weapons. GE Aerospace has shed more light on ...

Rocket Lab launched a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle for the U.S. military to suborbital space on Friday (Feb. 27). The company's HASTE suborbital rocket lifted off Friday at 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT ...