Australian company Hypersonix Launch Systems is not only looking to make the delivery of satellites into orbit cheaper and more accessible, but also greener. It is developing a reusable launch system ...

India achieves a 1,200-second scramjet runtime in hypersonic cruise missile technology. What is this technology? How is it ...

India achieved a significant breakthrough in hypersonic missile technology on 9th May when the Defence Research and ...

DRDO has achieved a significant milestone in its hypersonic missile programme with a successful long-duration test of an ...

In March 2025, a missile launched from a test range in the Pacific arced into the upper atmosphere, separated its rocket ...

Scramjet from Popular Science. The first true reusable, free-flying scramjet could be Darpa's HTV-3X. It is also known as Blackswift. The HTV-3x could make its inaugural flight as early as 2012.

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, ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne and the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have achieved a new record thrust output from a scramjet engine, providing a boost for hypersonic flight. A year of ground testing ...

A small group of Australian scientists made aviation history July 30 with the successful atmospheric test of a supersonic air-breathing engine in flight. Working with a budget most big science ...

The first ever free flight of a scramjet - a revolutionary new type of propulsion system - has been carried out by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa). The scramjet grabs most of ...

A team of engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Test Center have set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in the military branch's ...