The race to bring hypersonic flight into the real world just took a leap forward with Venus Aerospace's successful test of a revolutionary engine. The Houston-based startup has developed a compact ...

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 ...

Venus Aerospace just took one giant leap toward hypersonic travel. The Houston-based startup successfully completed the first U.S. flight test of an exotic new type of engine, capable of enabling ...

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 ...

The startup Hermeus is rapidly developing a hypersonic plane. They have begun testing their proprietary precooler technology with the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine. This video highlights some of our ...

Chinese scientists have once again innovated a new technology—and not just any technology, but an extraordinary new engine that could improve rotating detonation engines. It could have profound ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in China have introduced a new hypersonic engine concept by integrating a ramjet with a rotary detonation engine. A ...

China's new software simulates scramjet physics in one week versus years, marking high-fidelity leap in hypersonic engine research Chinese scientists have developed revolutionary software capable of ...

Hypersonic aircraft, meaning the ones capable of traveling at speeds of Mach 5 (3,836 mph / 6,173 kph), are the next big target of the aviation industry. Fueled by the evolution of the hypersonic ...

Australia’s reusable hypersonic engine program could have ramifications well beyond the military sector. Australia continues breaking new ground with its hypersonic weapons program. This time, ...

The defense aviation startup is coming off two successful flight demonstrations, and with the next one, it's aiming to go ...