Hypersonic

Texas-based Venus Aerospace released the first design of its hypersonic space plane Stargazer that the company says will travel at Mach 9.

Purdue and Rolls-Royce signed a testing agreement Wednesday that will give the university more than $75 million over the next 10 years.  The new agreement will fund testing and research targeted to the areas of gas turbine technology and electrical and digital technology. It’s the largest deal with an industry partner in Purdue’s history.   Purdue […]

Stratolaunch says the world’s largest airplane by wingspan, will help the U.S. achieve a “national security imperative” by helping to develop hypersonic weapons.

NASA and SpaceWorks are evaluating the technical and economic viability of supersonic and hypersonic commercial air travel.

Atlanta-based startup Hermeus has a new partner in its efforts to develop hypersonic jets for military and civilian use: Raytheon (NYSE: RTX).

One of the challenges of the global marketplace is human logistics. If your work takes you to the other side of the world, it is not uncommon to spend more than 10 hours in transit and the better part of a day to adjust to jet lag. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could get […]

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The agency contends the defense contractor could use its position to harm its rivals.

For spectators on the ground, watching a 500,000 pound, six-engined, twin-fuselage jet fly a low approach about 100 feet above the runway was thrilling, to say the least. But for Stratolaunch pilot Mark “Gidro” Giddings, who was flying left seat in the world’s largest airplane, it was the result of months of simulator practice and […]

Additional staffing will allow the high-temperature laboratory to operate longer hours as demand for testing is expected to increase in the year ahead.