Stratolaunch, a California-based firm building a reusable hypersonic test vehicle, is modifying its carrier aircraft to support high-speed test missions around the globe. Through a nearly $25 ...

With handful of start-ups on board from Hermeus to Venus Aerospace, hypersonic commercial flights could soon become a reality ...

Stratolaunch celebrated a successful test but remained tight-lipped about who would use the hypersonic test vehicle. Those customers have since emerged: the United States Air Force and the ...

Defense manufacturer Kratos announced this week it is developing a new hypersonic drone system. The Round Rock, Texas, based ...

The private equity firm has acquired companies in the hypersonic flight testing business, including Stratolaunch, which operates a reusable hypersonic test vehicle, and North Wind, a wind tunnel ...

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade is completed on Oct. 7, 2021, with a ceremony ...

Airmen conduct preflight checks on a B-52H Stratofortress in preparation for a flight test of the Air Force's hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. (Giancarlo Casem/Air Force ...

Stratolaunch’s prototype was designed with ... cost-effective solutions to the extreme heat encountered in hypersonic flight, during which friction can cause the leading edges of an aircraft ...