Boeing Reveals New Hypersonic Aircraft Model Evolved From Previous Valkyrie Concept (Updated)
Boeing’s latest hypersonic aircraft design could potentially be used for various military missions or as a space launch mothership.
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Watch This Hypersonic Test Aircraft Wow A Crowd With Its Afterburner
Hermeus, a hypersonic aviation startup, hopes to begin actually flight testing this design, with help from the US Air Force, as early as next year.
Blasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented Speeds
For decades, the DoD has been researching a radical drag reduction technique that involves sheathing a vehicle in directed energy-induced plasma.
New Owner Of Stratolaunch And World’s Largest Plane To Refocus On Hypersonic Testing
New ownership has spared Stratolaunch, the company behind the massive Roc aircraft, the largest plane ever flown, from a sad end following the death of its founder, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, last year. The firm now looks set to take a new direction, providing high-speed flight testing services rather than focus on space launch services, amid a boom in hypersonic weapon and aircraft development within the U.S. military, which will likely become a major focus of the Roc’s future activities.
Air Force Reveals Tests Of Supposed Record-Setting Scramjet Engine From Northrop Grumman
The Air Force recently broke the record for the highest thrust producing air-breathing hypersonic engine the service has ever tested in its history, at least that we know about. Northrop Grumman built the scramjet engine for the Air Force Research Laboratory and its development comes amid a general renaissance in all things hypersonic across the U.S. military.