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German firm to build two-stage hypersonic plane with horizontal takeoff and landing
Germany has awarded Polaris Spaceplanes a contract to develop and flight test a two-stage ...
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China Revives a Forgotten U.S. Dream — Hypersonic Engine Burns for 2.2 Seconds That Shook the World
More than 60 years ago, scientists in the United States imagined a powerful engine that could push aircraft to hypersonic speeds—up to 16 times the speed of sound. This dream involved something called ...
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Have Lockheed and GE Aerospace Finally Fixed America’s Hypersonic Failure?
For years, the United States has trailed behind Russia and China in hypersonic weapons. A new engine prototype by Lockheed ...
Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has started prototyping components in support of its programme to ...
Houston startup proves breakthrough propulsion technology, laying the groundwork for hypersonic vehicles to take off from conventional runways Theorized since the 1980s, a high-thrust RDRE capable of ...
Such an engine is 25% more efficient than a conventional engine, allowing it to be much more compact and lighter. It can also operate at subsonic speeds and the design allows it to modify itself so it ...
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Germany Advances Reusable Hypersonic Vehicle Program with Polaris
Polaris will build a two-stage, horizontal take-off and fully reusable hypersonic research vehicle, featuring a linear aerospike rocket engine. German company Polaris Spaceplanes announced on Jan. 27, ...
BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, May 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Latimer Aerospace, a Brooklyn-based startup founded in 2023, emerges from stealth mode with the Omni ...
GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess of Mach 5 in a smaller, cheaper, lighter, and more efficient package than ...
In what may be a world first, Venus Aerospace has, for the first time in the US, successfully flown a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that uses supersonic explosions to create thrust. Such ...
Ursa Major is ramping up production of hypersonic engines, solid rocket motors, and space-based defense systems for the U.S. military and allied forces. Now the Colorado propulsion manufacturer has ...
Venus Aerospace has made the most efficient rocket engines ever flown. They will go from runway to mach 9 hypersonic speed. The Venus Aerospace Stargazer M4 is designed to reach a top speed of Mach 9, ...
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