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

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Supersonic and hypersonic flight are but two examples of the tremendous strides in aviation technology that we have made. ... manned vehicle, the U.S. Air Force SR-71," which exceeded Mach 3.2. ...

A new experimental hypersonic cruise vehicle could be flying as soon as next summer under an initiative from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The Dart AE high-speed test aircraft is being ...

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