One drawback: they work much less efficiently at atmospheric pressures, so they're much happier at supersonic or hypersonic speeds where intake air can easily be compressed to keep conditions ...

Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images A Chinese company has successfully tested a prototype plane which could one day travel at hypersonic ... in the age of supersonic travel ...

But SpaceX’s offering is already the favorite for makers of supersonic and hypersonic planes. CEOs of futuristic airplane companies Hermeus and Boom have confirmed that their prototype planes are ...

But SpaceX’s offering is already the favorite for makers of supersonic and hypersonic planes. CEOs of futuristic airplane companies Hermeus and Boom have confirmed that their prototype planes ...

This type of missile usually travels at subsonic speeds (around Mach 0.8-0.9), but can also have variants capable of travelling at supersonic ... missiles can reach hypersonic speeds during ...

The three vessels in the class were chosen in January 2023 to be the first ships in the US Navy that would field hypersonic weapons. In August 2023, Ingalls was awarded a US$155 million contract to ...

China is taking aviation to a new level as Beijing-based Space Transportation tests a new hypersonic passenger plane which can fly from London to New York in only two hours. The new supersonic jet ...

Credit: Brian Everstine/Aviation Week MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA—Stratolaunch says it is receiving its final rounds of approvals to conduct its first reusable test flight of the Talon A hypersonic ...