The X-15 hypersonic research program was a joint venture between Nasa and the US Air Force - and it led to the creation of ...

For nearly a decade, the X-15 - the fastest flying manned aircraft ever made - completed 199 missions at record breaking ...

If China can pull off large-scale production of such a plane, it would revolutionize international air travel as we know it.

India successfully tested its first long-range hypersonic missile at Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. With this ...

The X-43 still tops the ranking of the fastest planes ... an experimental unmanned aircraft with multiple planned scale variations designed to test various aspects of hypersonic flight.

The Blackbird, which was retired in 1999, was the fastest jet-propelled aircraft ever built, capable of reaching Mach 3.32, or 2,193 miles per hour. The Venus Stargazer hypersonic jet is being ...

Castelion's Series A funding round raised $100 million, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and including several other firms.

The single-seat jet, a 201-foot-long test model by Boom Supersonic, hit 844 mph just 12 minutes into its latest test flight out of California’s Mojave Air and Space Port.

The race to field reusable hypersonic aircraft got a whole lot hotter last month, with GE Aerospace announcing a breakthrough in high-speed jet engine design that could potentially allow ...

And while commercial airliners move fast relative to other forms of commercial transportation, and indeed, are the fastest ... military aircraft routinely operate at supersonic (and hypersonic ...

High kinetic heating of the fuselage at hypersonic speeds will require high-tech exterior ... The Blackbird, which was retired in 1999, was the fastest jet-propelled aircraft ever built, capable of ...