An advanced Aerojet Rocketdyne scramjet engine powered the successful flight test of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC), in a joint effort with the Defense Advanced Research Projects ...

The world of hypersonic vehicles is getting increasingly interesting, with a number of companies already working on designs that should make high-Mach travel inside our planet's atmosphere a reality.

Key Points and Summary - NASA's X-43A, an unmanned scramjet testbed, set the world record for an air-breathing aircraft by hitting Mach 9.6 in 2004. -Launched from a B-52 and boosted by a Pegasus ...

A new NASA-funded study has revealed for the first time that the airflow in supersonic combusting jet engines can be controlled by an optical sensor. The finding can lead to more efficient ...

The multi-award-winning SPARTAN scramjet engine is now available in Inconel 718, 3D- printed in Australia in cooperation with Amiga Engineering, capable of speeds of up to Mach 7. This technology ...

Australian company Hypersonix Launch Systems is not only looking to make the delivery of satellites into orbit cheaper and more accessible, but also greener. It is developing a reusable launch system ...

Supersonic combustion and scramjet engine dynamics represent a frontier in aerospace propulsion, offering a pathway to ultra‐high-speed flight through the efficient combustion of fuel in a supersonic ...

A revolutionary jet engine flew faster than seven times the speed of sound in a high altitude test over the Pacific at the weekend, breaking the world speed record for an atmospheric engine. NASA's ...

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, is a step closer to flight testing the world’s first hypersonic hydrocarbon-fueled and -cooled scramjet engine. The X-51A ...

The US Naval Research Laboratory has funded a groundbreaking project to develop a new hypersonic engine capable of morphing its shape during flight to optimize power, thrust and efficiency. It's now ...