Hypersonic flight is no longer science fiction. In recent years, interest in aircraft capable of exceeding Mach 5 has surged, driven by strategic competition, defense challenges, and NASA’s pursuit of ...

The U.S. has recently expanded one of its most advanced propulsion testing sites to ...

Using a subscale demonstrator, jet turbine manufacturer GE Aerospace successfully ignited a dual-mode ramjet engine using rotating detonation combustion – a technique the company says holds promise ...

Hypersonic developer Hermeus has begun testing a proprietary pre-cooler technology that will allow a standard Pratt & Whitney F100 jet engine to operate at higher speeds and with greater efficiency.

Japanese researchers and engineers are the latest entrants into the ever-quickening race toward commercial flight at hypersonic speeds. According to AeroTime, in April 2026 at the JAXA Kakuda Space ...

Japan has taken another major step toward the future of hypersonic air travel, successfully testing a ramjet engine system designed for an experimental aircraft capable of reaching Mach 5 speeds. The ...

Nameplate of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency - Oasis2me/Getty Images At first blush, it sounds like science fiction: supersonic jets able to traverse the vastness of the Pacific Ocean in under ...

The rotating detonation ramjet engine provides a more compact, lightweight design than standard engine designs, and uses a continuous, self-sustaining detonation wave. GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin ...

The Air Force plans its first hypersonic flight test of the X-51A Waverider aircraft on Tuesday, May 25, over the Pacific Ocean to test the capabilities of its scramjet engine. Officials hope that the ...

Technology often feels like it's evolving at breakneck speed, but in many ways, commercial aviation has been stuck in the slow lane since the supersonic Concorde was retired in 2003. This iconic plane ...

A concept image of Japan's scramjet-powered hypersonic missile. (Japan MoD) Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has started prototyping components in support of its programme to ...

Could a flight across the world take just two hours? It might, if we master hypersonic travel — and a group of Japanese ...