Flying faster than Mach 5 pushed technology to its limits. Built around experimental scramjet engines, the X-51 Waverider ...

German hypersonic vehicle developer Polaris has won a German Defense Ministry contract to build and flight test a fully ...

The Defense Department and one of its technology accelerators have picked Stratolaunch and Varda Space Industries to provide ...

The NASA award to SpaceWorks Enterprises will focus on research using the company's X-60 platform. SpaceWorks While NASA is working ...

The German government has contracted Polaris Spaceplanes to build and flight test a reusable hypersonic air vehicle.

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, ...

The new Bundeswehr contract with Polaris aims to close critical technology gaps and strengthen Germany’s industrial base in ...

The US Army’s new Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon is moving from PowerPoint to the battlefield, promising to hit distant targets in minutes and compress the decision time for any adversary that ...

Could a hypersonic vehicle take flight this weekend in the deserts of Southeastern California? It appears Stratolaunch, an aerospace company based in Mojave about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, is ...

Shaped much like a miniature NASA space shuttle, Stratolaunch's uncrewed, rocket-propelled Talon-A2 aircraft detached in midair from the world's largest plane in March and zoomed up to dizzying speeds ...

The Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile has an intriguing configuration and is focused on Chinese and Pakistani naval threats.

Varda Space Industries, the leader in orbital pharmaceutical processing and hypersonic reentry systems, today announced the successful reentry of its W-5 capsule. This milestone marks the first time ...