"In a secluded laboratory, a cadre of America's most brilliant engineers and military strategists converged to give life to an unprecedented marvel of modern warfare: the Boeing X-51 Waverider. This ...

Supersonic combustion and scramjet engine dynamics represent a frontier in aerospace propulsion, offering a pathway to ultra‐high-speed flight through the efficient combustion of fuel in a supersonic ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Lockheed Martin team, an ...

Key Points and Summary on X-43A - NASA's X-43A was a small, unmanned experimental aircraft that, in 2004, shattered world records by flying at nearly Mach 10 (almost 7,000 mph), becoming the fastest ...

Russia launched a Zircon hypersonic missile and staged bomber strikes during Zapad 2025 drills with Belarus in the Barents ...

Venus Aerospace and Hermeus are two innovative companies advancing hypersonic technology, focusing on engine efficiency, rapid prototype development, and simplified propulsion systems to operate ...

Venus Aerospace and Hermeus are the modern day companies that are truly using the small and effective engineering team approaches and methods of the Clarence “Kelly” Johnson led (1943-1975) Lockheed ...

China unveiled its new CJ-1000 hypersonic missile, dubbed a 'plane-killer', during a massive military parade. Experts say it ...

Materials in this collection relating to the General Electric GE4 SST engine include the following: Master Engine Cross-section, GE4 Tool Flow Sheet, documents relating to production and assembly of ...

The Langley Research Center maintained an active hypersonic research program from the early days of the formation of NASA in 1958. The goals of the Hypersonic Research Engine (HRE) project, which ...

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