Hermeus, a bold aerospace startup, is building a hypersonic aircraft capable of flying at Mach 5—more than twice as fast as Concorde. In this deep dive, we follow the company’s journey from a ...

The United States has successfully completed two test flights of a new reusable hypersonic aircraft that can travel at five times the speed of sound. This development in Mach 5 technology brings ...

Atlanta-based hypersonics firm, Hermeus, just took delivery of a Pratt & Whitney engine to propel its hypersonic Darkhorse aircraft to Mach 2.8 on the way to Mach 5.

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 ...

Venus Aerospace has recently released design images of its new Mach 9 aircraft concept. Skip to main content. ... Hypersonic planes of this nature would take off from a conventional airport at ...

Quarterhorse, the Air Force's next hypersonic aircraft, has taken an epic leap. The SR-71 Blackbird successor is a step closer to breaking the airspeed record.

Hermeus 101. The Atlanta-based startup is moving fast in every sense of the word. The founders came onto the scene in 2019 with plans for a hypersonic aircraft, won a $1.5M USAF contract a year ...

The aircraft will support a Defense Innovation Unit program called Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities, or HyCAT. The organization, which works to push technology from ...

NASA flew the autonomous X-43 test vehicle to hypersonic speed two times in 2004, and the Air Force demonstrated an air-breathing scramjet engine at Mach 5.1 with the X-51 Waverider aircraft in 2013.

The company also plans to develop a larger hypersonic aircraft called the Talon-Z and a Black Ice spaceplane that will carry payloads and possibly passengers into Earth orbit. Stratolaunch was founded ...