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A major player in aerospace innovation has bitten the dust. Reaction Engines, a developer of hypersonic engine technology since 1989, has gone into administration and its closure is having a major impact on the hypersonic weapons program of Britain and… Continue reading Hypersonic program at risk after Reaction Engines goes belly up
When is an empty tube not an empty tube? When it’s a ramjet that uses rotating detonation technology to propel aircraft at hypersonic speeds. A case in point is Venus Aerospace’s new Venus Detonation Ramjet 2000 lb Thrust Engine (VDR2).Continue Reading… Continue reading Rotating detonation ramjet engine for hypersonic speeds to fly in 2025
When is an empty tube not an empty tube? When it’s a ramjet that uses rotating detonation technology to propel aircraft at hypersonic speeds. A case in point is Venus Aerospace’s new Venus Detonation Ramjet 2000 lb Thrust Engine (VDR2).Continue Reading… Continue reading Rotating detonation ramjet engine for hypersonic speeds to fly in 2025
When is an empty tube not an empty tube? When it’s a ramjet that uses rotating detonation technology to propel aircraft at hypersonic speeds. A case in point is Venus Aerospace’s new Venus Detonation Ramjet 2000 lb Thrust Engine (VDR2).Continue Reading… Continue reading Rotating detonation ramjet engine for hypersonic speeds to fly in 2025
Aerospace startup Dawn Aerospace has made a major advance in its push to create a highly reusable spaceplane. The latest test flight reached transonic speeds of Mach 0.92 and an altitude of 50,000 ft (15,000 m), or 3 times and 5 times, respectively, be… Continue reading Dawn Aerospace spaceplane prototype hits transonic speeds
Lockheed Martin has released more details about its Mako hypersonic missile that the company is building for the US Air Force and international customers. The multi-mission missile that flies at Mach 5+ can be launched from on a wide variety of aircraf… Continue reading Lockheed Martin’s ‘affordable’ new hypersonic missile
The US Army is pushing for full deployment of its first hypersonic missiles, with its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Battery taking part in Exercise Resolute Hunter 24-2 at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada along with forces from the Five Eyes alliance.Co… Continue reading US army tests ‘Dark Eagle’ hypersonic missile in the field
China has just made another move on the hypersonic missile war game board. An incredibly accurate laser-based radar system has been announced that would be able to track objects ripping through the sky at over four miles per second.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Light-speed radar can track multiple Mach-20 missiles
Hypersonic aircraft will need hypersonic engines. With that goal in mind, Ursa Major under a US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract has conducted a series of hotfire tests of its advanced Draper liquid-fuel rocket engine at its Berthoud, Colo… Continue reading Radical hypersonic engine blasts hotfire tests
Hermeus has stolen another quick march on its way to building a hypersonic aircraft as it begins testing its proprietary precooler on a Pratt & Whitney F100 jet engine that will be installed in the company’s Quarterhorse Mk 2 prototype.Continue Reading… Continue reading Video: Hermeus hypersonic aircraft gathers speed with precooler test