The Defense Innovation Unit achieved a successful suborbital launch of a hypersonic test platform that demonstrated sustained, air-breathing cruise at speeds exceeding Mach 5, according to Pentagon ...
In the early 2000s, NASA was among the first to achieve sustained hypersonic flight. As part of the broader Hyper-X program, NASA developed the X-43, a small, unmanned research aircraft powered by an ...
An Australian-made hypersonic vehicle completed its first flight late on Feb. 27, propelled to Mach 5-plus speeds by a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. The scramjet-powered, ...