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NASA’s X-43A Scramjet Almost Hit Mach 10 But Got the Hypersonic ‘Axe’

A’s Legacy Go Operational? -In 2004, NASA’s X-43A set the air-breathing speed record at Mach 9.6, validating scramjet combustion but only for 10 seconds before gliding to splashdown. -The demo ended ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

Inside the SR-91 Aurora Mystery: Hypersonic Aircraft or Aviation Myth?

Few legends of aviation history enthrall like the story of the SR-91 Aurora, an alleged hypersonic plane said to have achieved speeds of over Mach 5. The story of the Aurora has become inextricably ...
AeroTime

GE Aerospace completes first solid-fuel ramjet flights for hypersonic program

GE Aerospace tested its solid-fuel ramjet system at supersonic speeds on a Starfighter F-104 over Kennedy Space Center, a ...
NextBigFuture

Venus Aerospace Hypersonic Engine Breakthroughs

Andrew Duggleby, co-founder and CTO of Venus Aerospace, discusses their groundbreaking propulsion technology. They have a ramjet integrated with a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) which they ...

Watch out, AWACS: China's CJ-1000 may hunt down support aircraft mid-air

China unveiled its new CJ-1000 hypersonic missile, dubbed a 'plane-killer', during a massive military parade. Experts say it ...

YJ-21, DF-17, DF-26D hypersonic missiles reviewed at China’s V-Day parade; capable of breaking ‘island chains,’ striking aircraft carriers: expert

DF-26D hypersonic missile is reviewed at China's V-Day military parade on September 3, 2025. Photo: Screenshot from CCTV News ...