Hypersonic weapons promise unmatched speed and reach, but they are held back by a fundamental engineering problem: propulsion ...

China has tested a powerful engine that can carry weapons at remarkable speeds through both air and water. The novel engine achieved 90% efficiency in laboratory tests, which were conducted in ...

A team at the Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI), the university’s research and development center, is using state-of-the-art additive-manufacturing equipment to print a full-scale, fully ...

An Indian government defence laboratory has successfully tested a scramjet as part of efforts to develop hypersonic missiles. The Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) conducted the 120s ...

Rocket Lab is preparing a hypersonic test that could push a reusable vehicle toward Mach 20, a milestone the Pentagon hopes ...

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 ...

Doctoral student Max Chern takes a closer look at the wind tunnel setup where University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science researchers demonstrated that control of a dual-mode ...

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has confirmed that it is developing the SR-72 spy plane. The successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, which was capable of Mach 3.5, the SR-72 will be a hypersonic unmanned ...

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.

At the PARI Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center (HAMTC), from left: Nate Humbert, lead additive manufacturing engineer, GE Additive; Will DeVerter, aeronautics and astronautics ...