Russia has quietly deployed the Iskander-1000, a ground-launched hypersonic missile with a range of 1000-1300 km, a speed of ...

Key Points and Summary - NASA’s X-43A wasn’t a paper study—it was a 12-foot, hydrogen-fueled experimental jet that proved an air-breathing engine could fly at nearly ten times the speed of sound. -It ...

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 ...

Making stuff go fast is one of humanity’s most basic and thrilling engineering pleasures. Now the startup Venus Aerospace wants to take that to another level entirely by creating a passenger aircraft ...

Key Points and Summary - A look back at NASA's X-43A, the unmanned experimental aircraft that holds the world record for the fastest flight by an air-breathing jet. -As part of the Hyper-X program, ...

They call it a "scramjet," an engine so blindingly fast that it could carry an airplane from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., in about 20 minutes -- or even quicker. So fast it could put satellites ...

With two GE [F110-GE-]229 engines putting out 29,500 pounds of thrust each, a clean F-15EX can reach Mach 2.9. Boeing’s BA latest version of the storied F-15 Eagle, the F-15EX Eagle II, can reach ...

Before becoming famous as the captain of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Federation starship, Jean-Luc Picard was a member of the crew serving aboard the USS Stargazer. That would be a Sagan-class ship ...

Boeing's claim that the F-15EX could reach Mach 2.9 has been "amended". The official number is more like Mach 2.5. In a quick about-face, Boeing’s BA F-15 business development director amended his ...