A small group of Australian scientists made aviation history July 30 with the successful atmospheric test of a supersonic air-breathing engine in flight. Working with a budget most big science ...

China's new software simulates scramjet physics in one week versus years, marking high-fidelity leap in hypersonic engine research Chinese scientists have developed revolutionary software capable of ...

Scramjet from Popular Science. The first true reusable, free-flying scramjet could be Darpa's HTV-3X. It is also known as Blackswift. The HTV-3x could make its inaugural flight as early as 2012.

Australian company Hypersonix Launch Systems is not only looking to make the delivery of satellites into orbit cheaper and more accessible, but also greener. It is developing a reusable launch system ...

SYDNEY, Australia --An experimental, hypersonic air-breathing rocket that could herald a low-cost, high-speed space age was launched successfully Tuesday in the Australian Outback. But scientists said ...

At that point, the scramjet inlet opened, hydrogen flowed through, and combustion stabilized in a supersonic flow. March’s flight employed an 11-second burn at Mach 6.8; November’s flight ventured ...

According to the U.S. Air Force, the flight test for the experimental X-51A WaveRider plane which could potentially travel up to 4500mph has resulted in failure. As previously reported on SmartPlanet, ...

A scramjet engine made by Northrop Grumman set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in US Air Force history. Ground tests of the 5.5m (18ft)-long engine were ...

It's time to redefine the definition of fast. A Boeing 747? Too slow. The SR-71 Blackbird? Yawn. A scramjet hurtling at Mach 10, or 11,000 km/h (6,800 mph)? Now that's cooking with supersonically ...

A team of engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Test Center have set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in the military branch's ...