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In 2013, the X-51A Waverider proved America could build hypersonic weapons — then the US stopped, and Russia and China caught up
On May 1, 2013, Boeing’s X-51A Waverider was dropped from a B-52 Stratofortress over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated to Mach 4 ...
NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.
India’s long-anticipated push toward developing the BrahMos-2 hypersonic cruise missile appears to be encountering ...
It’s not every day you see easyJet and Rolls-Royce teaming up, but that’s exactly what’s happened as they chart a course ...
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Scramjet vs. rocket: The 2 propulsion systems powering the hypersonic missile race, explained
In March 2025, a missile launched from a test range in the Pacific arced into the upper atmosphere, separated its rocket ...
Powered by a two-stage solid rocket motor, the missile separates after initial boost and then enters an unpowered glide phase ...
India nears trials of LR-AShM hypersonic glide missile, capable of Mach 10 speeds, high manoeuvrability and precision strikes ...
The Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LR-AShM) is designed to meet the coastal battery requirements of the Indian Navy ...
Franco-American aerospace company CFM—a joint venture between Safran Aircraft Engines and GE Aerospace—has moved to the next ...
Astrobotic fires next-generation 'rotating detonation rocket engine' in record-breaking test (video)
Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) work differently from conventional designs. Typical rocket engines rely on a ...
Japan is fielding new coastal defense missiles and actively developing new ones, including a hypersonic guided missile, in a ...
Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea ...
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