An Australian-designed hypersonic aircraft has taken flight in space after Rocket Lab, the New Zealand-founded space company, ...

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and its partners have completed a suborbital launch of a fully integrated hypersonic test ...

Rocket Lab last week launched a modified version of its suborbital launch vehicle to release a scramjet-powered 3D-printed air vehicle in support of a ...

SpaceX has long been at the front of US space operations, but now a new company has unveiled a hypersonic rocket that could set the new standard.

DIU completed the Cassowary Vex hypersonic test flight under the HyCAT program, demonstrating sustained Mach 5+ air-breathing cruise capability.

The ram accelerator is a rocketless propulsion platform that uses clean gases to accelerate payloads to hypersonic speeds. First conceived at the University of Washington, it was adapted by General ...

NASA Wallops Flight Facility provided tracking, telemetry, and range safety support for Rocket Lab’s HASTE suborbital Cassowary Vex launch, enabling a hypersonic test flight for the Defense Innovation ...