The race to bring hypersonic flight into the real world just took a leap forward with Venus Aerospace's successful test of a revolutionary engine. The Houston-based startup has developed a compact ...

In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia has used hypersonic cruise missiles against Ukraine (EPA) Britain has successfully tested of a new engine for hypersonic ...

Japan tested a Mach 5 hydrogen ramjet. See how this breakthrough brings us closer to hypersonic passenger flights and ...

Rotating Detonation Engines (RDE) have been flown by Venus Aerospace. They use continuous detonation waves for propulsion and provide 15% efficiency gains (in specific impulse or fuel consumption) ...

A larg e defense contractor plans to make $2 million in improvements to its Bohemia facility where hypersonic aircraft engines are being developed. The investment by GE Aerospace ...

An illustration of a hypersonic jet flying at high altitude - Naeblys/Getty Images Technology often feels like it's evolving at breakneck speed, but in many ways, commercial aviation has been stuck in ...

Powered by a two-stage solid rocket motor, the missile separates after initial boost and then enters an unpowered glide phase before striking the target.

Nearly eight years later, the hypersonic plane startup announced a fundraising round that brings its valuation to $1 billion — and said it will move its headquarters from Atlanta to the Los Angeles ...

Pioneering propulsion technologies developed by failed UK firm Reaction Engines could live on, with the sale of its assets to a preferred bidder seemingly in its final stages, the insolvency ...

For years, hypersonic weapons have been portrayed as the next revolution in warfare. Capable ...