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Fast-tracking the hypersonic era, Hermeus has rolled out the next prototype of its program, to create a family of aircraft that can fly beyond Mach 5. The Quarterhorse Mk 1 is scheduled to fly later this year, testing its high-speed takeoffs and landin… Continue reading Quarterhorse hypersonic aircraft program prepares to fly Mk1 prototype
The US Air Force has completed testing of its hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. The test was carried out on March 17, 2024 when the missile was dropped from a B-52H Stratofortress at the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands.Co… Continue reading Final tests completed on Lockheed Martin’ hypersonic missile
A revolutionary alternative to conventional rockets that uses controlled explosions has completed its first long-duration engine test as part of Venus Aerospace’s partnership with DARPA to develop a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).Continue Rea… Continue reading Video: Hypersonic rotating detonation engine in sustained test burn
Stratolaunch Systems, the company behind the world’s largest aircraft, is making headlines again. The firm’s Talon-A1 hypersonic test aircraft has successfully completed its first powered flight, which took place last weekend in Mojave, California.Cont… Continue reading Video: Talon-A1 test vehicle makes near-hypersonic first powered flight
GE Aerospace has demonstrated what it claims is the world’s first hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet (DMRJ) rig test using Rotating Detonation Combustion (RDC) in a supersonic flow stream that could one day give hypersonic missiles longer range.Continue Readi… Continue reading GE combines rotating detonation and ramjet in new hypersonic engine
California’s Stratolaunch has announced the successful completion of its 12th test flight, where its six-engine, 385-ft wingspan Roc carrier aircraft took to the air for a captive carry test of a Talon-A hypersonic vehicle hauling live propellant.Conti… Continue reading World’s largest plane carries fueled hypersonic test vehicle into the skies
How do you protect hypersonic vehicles from the high temperatures of over 2,200 °C (4,000 °F) encountered when flying in excess of Mach 5? According to the RTX Technology Research Center, the answer is to make them sweat.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircr… Continue reading How to protect hypersonic vehicles? Make them sweat
Boeing has been tapped by DARPA to develop and test the technology that will be required to build a prototype to intercept hypersonic missiles in the upper atmosphere as part of the agency’s four-year Glide Breaker program.Continue ReadingCategory: Mil… Continue reading Boeing to develop hypersonic missile interceptor for DARPA
The US Naval Research Laboratory has funded a groundbreaking project to develop a new hypersonic engine capable of morphing its shape during flight to optimize power, thrust and efficiency. It’s now entering experimental testing in Florida.Continue Rea… Continue reading Morphing hypersonic engine project is underway at UCF
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has announced that France launched its first hypersonic missile on June 26, 2023 at 10.00 pm CET from the DGA Biscarrosse site on the southwest coast of France near Bordeaux.Continue ReadingCategory: Mi… Continue reading France enters hypersonic missile race with first VMaX launch