Hypersonic planes could fly from Sydney to Los Angeles in just an hour. What's standing in the way of such ultra-fast planes becoming reality is our understanding of how the turbulence they generate ...

Your favorite commercial carrier might still be dragging its feet on whether to provide passengers with high-speed internet onboard using Starlink. But SpaceX’s offering is already the favorite for ...

Could the next Air Force One fly at hypersonic speeds? In this episode, we take a closer look at Hermeus, the aerospace ...

Stratolaunch has finally found a use for the world’s largest airplane. Twice in the past five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five ...

Venus Aerospace is developing a 12 passenger Mach 9 hypersonic aircraft (Stargazer) that will connect any destination in the world in under an hour. The aircraft will use a rotating detonation rocket ...

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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.

Scientists in China have announced that a jumbo jet prototype built by them had managed to reach hypersonic speeds (Mach 5 and above) during a flight test. The scientists claim that the aircraft ...

Stratolaunch is upgrading its 747 carrier platform to support test flights of its hypersonic Talon-A vehicle. (Stratolaunch) Stratolaunch, a California-based firm building a reusable hypersonic test ...

In 2024, Hermeus built their first aircraft and completed its ground test campaign. They opened a new test facility – set to become a national asset for high-Mach and hypersonic propulsion testing, ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: A few weeks back, in July, I took a trip north from Manhattan to ...

The payoff for reaching air-breathing hypersonic flight—five times the speed of sound, without rockets—would be revolutionary. A hypersonic airliner could carry passengers to any place on Earth within ...