WOOMERA, Australia, July 31 (UPI) -- An international aerospace research consortium achieved a milestone in aviation Tuesday with the first-ever successful test flight of a new type of jet engine ...
A scramjet engine made by Northrop Grumman set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in US Air Force history. Ground tests of the 5.5m (18ft)-long engine were ...
In March 2025, a missile launched from a test range in the Pacific arced into the upper atmosphere, separated its rocket ...
A recent flight test of a prototype of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept set an endurance record for scramjet engines, the head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency told ...
DRDO has achieved a significant milestone in its hypersonic missile programme with a successful long-duration test of an ...
Marking a further breakthrough in hypersonic missile technology for India, the Defence Research and Development Organisation ...
China has revealed the first known images of an indigenous scramjet test that it says was successfully conducted at speeds up to Mach 7 and altitudes up to 30 km, in December 2015. Credit: National ...
According to the U.S. Air Force, the flight test for the experimental X-51A WaveRider plane which could potentially travel up to 4500mph has resulted in failure. As previously reported on SmartPlanet, ...
Queensland researchers have finally tasted success in their attempt to launch the world's first flight test of a supersonic air-breathing scramjet engine. The Terrier Orion Mk70 rocket carrying the ...
A new scramjet engine, shaped like a bullet, will be tested in the Australian desert tomorrow by an international team of scientists that hopes it will be more efficient than previous designs.