Hypersonic weapons promise unmatched speed and reach, but they are held back by a fundamental engineering problem: propulsion ...
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China Revives a Forgotten U.S. Dream — Hypersonic Engine Burns for 2.2 Seconds That Shook the World
More than 60 years ago, scientists in the United States imagined a powerful engine that could push aircraft to hypersonic speeds—up to 16 times the speed of sound. This dream involved something called ...
In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such ...
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German firm to build two-stage hypersonic plane with horizontal takeoff and landing
Germany has awarded Polaris Spaceplanes a contract to develop and flight test a two-stage ...
For years, the United States has trailed behind Russia and China in hypersonic weapons. A new engine prototype by Lockheed Martin and General Electric could help it catch up. The United States is ...
BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, May 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Latimer Aerospace, a Brooklyn-based startup founded in 2023, emerges from stealth mode with the Omni ...
Ursa Major is ramping up production of hypersonic engines, solid rocket motors, and space-based defense systems for the U.S. military and allied forces. Now the Colorado propulsion manufacturer has ...
Venus Aerospace has made the most efficient rocket engines ever flown. They will go from runway to mach 9 hypersonic speed. The Venus Aerospace Stargazer M4 is designed to reach a top speed of Mach 9, ...
Venus Aerospace had the first-ever U.S. flight test of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE)—a next-gen propulsion technology that’s been theorized for decades, but never flown… until now. The ...
Generally speaking, developing a new aircraft takes a very long time. That means years, at times decades spent researching and testing everything that goes into a plane, making sure every bit of ...
The European Space Agency is throwing its weight behind a design effort for a hypersonic spaceplane, with hopes of getting the final idea airborne (and spaceborne) by 2031. The ESA is putting up ...
The Langley Research Center maintained an active hypersonic research program from the early days of the formation of NASA in 1958. The goals of the Hypersonic Research Engine (HRE) project, which ...
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