TOKYO -- A Japanese research team has conducted the country's first successful combustion test of a ramjet engine for an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a step that could bolster the U.S.'s hypersonic weapons push, the Pentagon on Monday confirmed the second successful test of a ...

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 ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has conducted a Mach 5 ramjet combustion test on an experimental hypersonic aircraft developed jointly with three Japanese universities. The experimental ...

This aircraft could offer some impressive capabilities.

Hypersonic flight, once a concept of science fiction, is now on the cusp of reality. Capable of speeds over Mach 5, or around 3,000 mph, this technology has the potential to reshape air travel and ...