Mk-II Aurora, which is a rocket-powered aircraft, has got approval to fly at unlimited speeds, including supersonic velocity, and up to 80,000 feet altitude. This suborbital spaceplane, developed ...

An aircraft with the performance of a rocket. ... members of the 130-strong Dawn Aerospace team pose next to the Mk-II Aurora aircraft following a successful test flight on July 25 2024.

The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a ...

Aurora in flight September 2024 during Flight 55 of Dawn’s test campaigns — completing two rocket-powered missions in a single day, a milestone in high-frequency spaceplane operations.

With the Mk-II Aurora craft, the company intends to "bring the performance of a rocket to a rapidly reusable aircraft platform." The company unveiled the spaceplane in July 2020.

During the test, which took place on New Zealand’s South Island, the startup’s Mk-II Aurora aircraft reached Mach 1.1 and an altitude of 25 kilometres.

Canada submitted a letter of request through the U.S. foreign military sales program about the Boeing aircraft after consultations with allies and industry, Ottawa said in a statement.

Dawn Aerospace is also working on its own advancements, with its Aurora aircraft achieving Mach 1.1 and setting sights on Mach 3.5 speeds and near-space altitudes, according to reports by New ...

Heavy aircraft taking off. Aurora’s development team has already completed a series of important tests as part of the SPRINT program. In early 2024, they conducted a ground effect test using a ...

Aurora’s earliest concept drawings depicted an aircraft with a narrow V-tail composed of relatively short and stubby fins, similar to the configuration featured on Lockheed Martin’s F-117 ...