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 ...

For years, the United States has trailed behind Russia and China in hypersonic weapons. A new engine prototype by Lockheed ...

Such an engine is 25% more efficient than a conventional engine, allowing it to be much more compact and lighter. It can also operate at subsonic speeds and the design allows it to modify itself so it ...

Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has started prototyping components in support of its programme to ...

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 ...

Houston startup proves breakthrough propulsion technology, laying the groundwork for hypersonic vehicles to take off from conventional runways Theorized since the 1980s, a high-thrust RDRE capable of ...

Polaris will build a two-stage, horizontal take-off and fully reusable hypersonic research vehicle, featuring a linear aerospike rocket engine. German company Polaris Spaceplanes announced on Jan. 27, ...

GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess of Mach 5 in a smaller, cheaper, lighter, and more efficient package than ...

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 ...

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, ...

Germany’s BAAINBw has awarded Polaris a contract to develop a reusable two-stage hypersonic research vehicle, with flight ...

The DRDO is displaying LR-AShM along with its launcher. The missile system is designed to meet the coastal battery ...