Feitian 2 showed off key capabilities with its latest flight, including smooth flight mode transitions and autonomous flight.

Reusable hypersonic flights are the first since the manned X-15 program was scrapped in 1968. The Stratolaunch Talon-A hypersonic vehicle launched from the twin-fuselage Roc carrier aircraft, flew ...

The test marked the country’s first return to reusable hypersonic flight testing since the end of the manned X-15 program in 1968. The revelation comes just days after the U.S. Department of ...

UDRI researchers focus on understanding the mechanical and thermal loads experienced by hypersonic vehicle structures, then work to identify the best materials and create preliminary designs for ...

The TA-1 hypersonic vehicle being released from the aircraft Roc (video is twice the normal speed). Gif: Stratolaunch/Gizmodo California startup Stratolaunch completed the first powered flight of ...

Iran is boasting that it has hypersonic missiles and says it already has begun firing the cutting-edge weapons at Israel ...

The plasma sheath absorbs radio waves, and thus renders “the vehicle practically invisible to active radar systems,” according to a recent U.S. Navy research solicitation for hypersonic detection.

Stratolaunch said the primary objectives for the flight included a safe air-launch release of the vehicle, engine ignition, acceleration, sustained climb in altitude, and a controlled water landing.

Stratolaunch Roc, the world's biggest airplane, completed its ninth test flight over Mojave Desert. Made to carry rockets and smaller vehicles, the Roc is also called a mothership aircraft.

Stratolaunch announced on May 5, 2025, the successful completion of its second hypersonic flight and recovery with the Talon-A2 (TA-2) fully autonomous vehicle in March 2025. This milestone ...