A United States-based firm has pitched the idea for a hypersonic aircraft for cargo delivery that can travel at super-fast ...
The situation might change with the Quarterhorse, a hypersonic passenger plane technology demonstrator. Hypersonic vehicles are commonly associated with weapons. They are gliding or propulsion ...
With handful of start-ups on board from Hermeus to Venus Aerospace, hypersonic commercial flights could soon become a reality ...
Venus Aerospace is building a hypersonic aircraft that can carry about a dozen passengers, traveling at Mach 9, nine times the speed of sound. The Stargazer, which measures 150 feet long by 100 feet ...
Passenger planes consume over 10,000 gallons of jet fuel on a single cross-country trip, so improvements in fuel economy could lead to big savings for airlines. The potential in hypersonic crafts is ...
In 2024, Hermeus built their first aircraft and completed its ground test campaign. They opened a new test facility – set to become a national asset for high-Mach and hypersonic propulsion testing, ...
NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...
While the latest generation of both supersonic and hypersonic aircraft mostly use jet engines and atmospheric oxygen for combustion, spaceplanes, generally speaking, also have wings but use rocket ...