China has tested a powerful engine that can carry weapons at remarkable speeds through both air and water. The novel engine achieved 90% efficiency in laboratory tests, which were conducted in ...

WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman opened the doors to a new hypersonics manufacturing facility, designed to meet U.S. Department of Defense needs for high-speed propulsion systems. The company broke ...

Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK – News) successfully certified its Advanced Propulsion Research Complex (APRC) during a recent direct-connect test of a Variable Flow Ducted Rocket (VFDR) propulsion ...

Today scramjet propulsion is the subject of continued study, as it appears to be one of the most promising methods of powering hypersonic weapons and aircraft. So, you may be surprised to learn that ...

NEW DELHI – India is preparing for the first test of an electric propulsion technology that will help shrink the size of its rockets and increase the life and payload capacity of its satellites. The ...

After decades of false starts, America’s leading scramjet engine developers say scramjet-powered hypersonic flight is now within reach. That’s partly thanks to the coming of new 3D printing technology ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Had the X-24C been successful in testing, America would likely have leveraged scramjet technology in more platforms. Today scramjet propulsion is the subject of ...

Imagine an aircraft streaking across the sky at over Mach 12, which is twelve times the speed of sound! Moreover, it is powered not by conventional jet fuel but by hydrogen fuel, meaning that it ...

Concept art of DARPA's Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC). On Monday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Association announced it had successfully tested an air-breathing hypersonic ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne will design propulsion concepts and technologies for a novel ground-launched tactical weapon system under a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract ...

388091 01: FILE PHOTO: An artist's conception of NASA's X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, or "Hyper-X" in flight, in an undated photo. The vehicle, developed to flight test a dual-mode ...

Key Points and Summary - What happens if the “Son of Blackbird” never leaves the nest? The SR-72 promises something we don’t have: a reusable, hypersonic ISR/strike jet that can cross continents in ...