Boston-based Specter Aerospace expects to conduct flight tests of a plasma-assisted, ramjet-powered supersonic missile in 2026, followed by tests of a larger dual-mode ramjet-scramjet-powered ...

Technology often feels like it's evolving at breakneck speed, but in many ways, commercial aviation has been stuck in the slow lane since the supersonic Concorde was retired in 2003. This iconic plane ...

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Hypersonic weapons promise to reach targets at more than five times the speed of ...

Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 jet (shown in a Schlieren photograph) has flown at supersonic speeds on multiple outings. The company hopes to take what it learns from XB-1 to produce a full-size ...

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 ...

Rocket Lab is targeting Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 3:00 p.m. EST for the launch of its HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) rocket from Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Flight Facility in ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- American News Group News Commentary - The hardest part of building a hypersonic vehicle is not designing it. It is finding somewhere to fly it.

A new systems-level analysis finds that cheap green hydrogen and airport infrastructure, not engine technology, will ...

Russia, China and the United States are investing heavily in hypersonic weapons, while India is developing its own ...

Two decades after Concorde’s last flight a new class of supersonic commercial jets are on the horizon. Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 jet (shown in a Schlieren photograph) has flown at supersonic ...