On May 1, 2013, Boeing’s X-51A Waverider was dropped from a B-52 Stratofortress over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated to Mach 4 ...

Israeli defense tech company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., announced Wednesday that it has developed an advanced hypersonic missile interceptor, named “Sky Sonic.” The announcement came after ...

"Hypersonic" refers to speeds over Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. That's approximately 3,800 miles per hour, a pace that could take you all the way around the equator in less time than it ...

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, California, in August 2020. The aircraft conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A ...

Venus Aerospace just took one giant leap toward hypersonic travel. The Houston-based startup successfully completed the first U.S. flight test of an exotic new type of engine, capable of enabling ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vikram Mittal is a contributor who covers aerospace and defense. In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense ...

Hypersonic flight may seem like the biggest shove to the envelope since the sound barrier was broken in 1947 and rotating detonation may look like a quantum leap in propulsion, but combining the two ...

February 13 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced its secretive Aerospace Projects Office (APO) is developing a large hypersonic bomber prototype as part of the Next ...

A brief video posted from Edwards Air Force Base offers a small but telling ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus is relocating from Atlanta to El Segundo, bolstering a growing aerospace and ...