At Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland, engineers Joe Norris (left) and Jon Lafferty conduct basic research on Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-1. HTV-1 did not fly, but its successor, HTV-2, did, ...

After decades of false starts, America’s leading scramjet engine developers say scramjet-powered hypersonic flight is now within reach. That’s partly thanks to the coming of new 3D printing technology ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne and the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have achieved a new record thrust output from a scramjet engine, providing a boost for hypersonic flight. A year of ground testing ...

India has taken a major step in defence technology after DRDO successfully tested a full-scale scramjet engine in Hyderabad, running it for over 12 minutes at hypersonic conditions. This proves the ...

NASA’s X-43A, a groundbreaking hypersonic scramjet vehicle, achieved an unprecedented speed of Mach 9.6, solidifying its status as the fastest atmospheric combustion-engine air vehicle in the world.

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 ...

Will DeVerter, a graduate research assistant in the Purdue Applied Research Institute’s Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center (HAMTC), prepares his team’s 3D printed scramjet for ...

Supersonic combustion and scramjet engine dynamics represent a frontier in aerospace propulsion, offering a pathway to ultra‐high-speed flight through the efficient combustion of fuel in a supersonic ...

Reuters reported that an experimental scramjet engine was successfully tested in a joint effort between the US and Australia defense scientists. It attained speeds of up to 6,835 miles (11,000 km) per ...

The Defence Research and Development Organised on Friday achieved a significant milestone as its Hyderabad-based Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) successfully conducted ground test of ...

A scramjet heat exchanger for future hypersonic vehicles such as a reusable satellite launcher or global reach cruise missile has been successfully tested by Pratt & Whitney. The test success means ...