Company aims to achieve supersonic speed with its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 before advancing to more powerful aircraft.

US start-up Hermeus has flown its first supersonic-capable aircraft, the Quarterhorse Mk 2.1, marking a significant step toward achieving Mach 5 hypersonic flight. The unmanned vehicle completed its ...

Hypersonic flight has long been a military obsession, but the idea of a sitting United States president crossing oceans at more than five times the speed of sound would push that technology into the ...

The Darkstar concept from Top Gun Maverick sparked global curiosity with its extreme speed and futuristic design. Built to represent hypersonic flight, it pushes the idea of aviation far beyond what ...

Rocket Lab, a provider of launch services and spacecraft, announced it won a $190 million Pentagon contract for 20 hypersonic ...

On February 27, 2026, Australia's Hypersonix Launch Systems made a historic launch of its next-generation DART AE hypersonic aircraft from Wallops Island, Virginia. Taking off aboard Rocket Lab's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shaped much like a miniature NASA space shuttle, Stratolaunch's uncrewed, rocket-propelled Talon-A2 aircraft detached in midair ...

NASA’s Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP) studies, evaluates, and develops technologies and capabilities for new aircraft ...

Australian hypersonic flight pioneer Hypersonix Launch Systems has successfully completed the first flight of its DART AE hypersonic aircraft, marking a major milestone in the development of advanced ...

The United States is preparing to test a new hypersonic missile that could dramatically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the second time in just over nine months, an Atlanta-based company this week debuted a new supersonic test aircraft. Hermeus ...