A hypersonic jet built for Hollywood turned out to be backed by real aerospace engineering. Darkstar wasn’t just designed to look fast - it was shaped around the brutal physics of Mach 5 and beyond.

Australia’s Hypersonix Launch Systems has secured $46 million in funding from a Series A round. This funding is provided by the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC), the Queensland ...

Wave Motion co-founders James Penna and Finn van Donkelaar show off their company’s Jet Gun prototype and test projectiles in the back of a box truck parked at Seattle’s Pioneer Square. (GeekWire ...

Traveling at 5-times the speed of sound, skipping off the boundary of the upper atmosphere and descending upon enemy targets with unprecedented speed, emerging hypersonic weapons promise to massively ...

"Hypersonic" refers to speeds over Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. That's approximately 3,800 miles per hour, a pace that could take you all the way around the equator in less time than it ...

Polaris will build a two-stage, horizontal take-off and fully reusable hypersonic research vehicle, featuring a linear aerospike rocket engine. German company Polaris Spaceplanes announced on Jan. 27, ...

GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess of Mach 5 in a smaller, cheaper, lighter, and more efficient package than ...

Hypersonic fight start-up Hermeus is advancing production of its first supersonic-capable aircraft. The company has released images of the Quarterhorse Mk 2 prototype progressing through assembly, ...

The military portal Defense Express, the HYTEV is to be built by Bremen-based startup Polaris Raumflugzeuge, which was ...

GE tested atmospheric test of launched airbreathing system (ATLAS) Flight Test Vehicle which marking a major milestone in advancing solid fuel ramjet (SFRJ) propulsion technology. Solid fuel ramjets ...

Pentagon tests weapon designed to "quickly destroy" global targets within hours. Nov. 17, 2011 — -- Should President Obama want to strike any target in the world from the homeland in just a ...

Hypersonic jet WaveRider is being prepared for a second test flight as it seeks to reach Mach 6. Engineers working on the project hope the plane can reach speeds of more than 4,300mph over the Pacific ...