Hermeus Flies Second Supersonic Test Plane in Nine Months
Maiden flight of company’s Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 follows testing of a smaller, less powerful model.
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Maker of World’s Largest Plane Tapped for Hypersonic Test Campaign
Stratolaunch’s ‘Roc’ boasts a longer wingspan than the ‘Spruce Goose,’ but the military is also interested in its Talon-A testbed.
Civil Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier for First Time Since Concorde
New Zealand manufacturer Dawn Aerospace achieves supersonic flight with its Mk-II Aurora, which is the first civil aircraft in decades to achieve the feat.
Stratolaunch TA-1 Hypersonic Test Vehicle Completes First Powered Flight
The company said the test craft, part of its Talon-A product line, reached supersonic speeds approaching Mach 5.
Stratolaunch, U.S. Air Force Research Lab Announce Contract
The agreement between the company behind the aircraft with the world’s largest wingspan and the R&D arm of the Air Force calls for the first flight test of a hypersonic test vehicle.
Stratolaunch Conducts Successful Captive Carry Test Flight
The company said it is on track to perform its first hypersonic flight this year.
UP.Partners’ Moving World Report Highlights Aviation Trends, Insights
Autonomous cargo drones are taking up some of the slack from the ongoing pilot shortage, according to the report.
World’s Largest Airplane Makes Talon-A Test Vehicle Flight
The captive carry test flight was the eighth for Stratolaunch’s Roc, testing its inflight launch capability.
Test Aims To Advance Hybrid Rocket-Jet Engine
U.K.-based Reaction Engines has a DoD contract to further validate technology for a hybrid jet-rocket high-Mach engine.
That Darkstar in Top Gun: Maverick—Was it Real?
Actual engineers from Lockheed Martin created that fictional airplane. Here’s how.
