Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has tested a powerful engine that can carry weapons at remarkable speeds through both air and water. The novel engine ...

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 surprised to learn that ...

The Pentagon said 3D printing can better allow hypersonic manufacturers to create scramjet components requiring complex shapes. The Air Force and DARPA's Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or ...

Hypersonix is an Australian startup looking to change aviation as we know it.

Alliant Techsystems, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully ground-launched and flew a hypersonic scramjet-powered vehicle from the ...

The race to field reusable hypersonic aircraft got a whole lot hotter last month, with GE Aerospace announcing a breakthrough in high-speed jet engine design that could potentially allow conventional.

Walter R. Price, Scramjet Propulsion Technical Area lead at Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate for the High-Speed Strike Weapon System, will receive the Career Achievement ...

The X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle, powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s scramjet engine, achieved aviation history today by making the longest-ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight.

The US Air Force said it was looking to launch its 14-foot long X-51A Waverider on its first hypersonic flight test attempt May 25. The unmanned X-51A is expected to fly autonomously for five minutes, ...

In this chapter the committee discusses the background of the study, provides a brief technical prologue, presents the Statement of Task for the study, describes the strategy for conducting the study, ...

In Part 3 of the Statement of Task, the committee was asked to consider applications of hypersonic technology for 2015 and beyond: To the extent possible, identify technology areas that merit further ...