The X-15 rocket jet was truly a technological marvel that few had an opportunity to fly. However, it had one unique method ...

Aviation is inseparably linked to the chase of speed. Since the first days of the powered flight, engineers and pilots have ...

Could a flight across the world take just two hours? It might, if we master hypersonic travel — and a group of Japanese ...

Technology often feels like it's evolving at breakneck speed, but in many ways, commercial aviation has been stuck in the slow lane since the supersonic Concorde was retired in 2003. This iconic plane ...

Inside a Georgia factory, engineers are working to build some of the fastest aircraft the world has ever seen. AJC reporter Emma Hurt gets a firsthand look at the company developing remotely piloted ...

Japan has taken another major step toward the future of hypersonic air travel, successfully testing a ramjet engine system designed for an experimental aircraft capable of reaching Mach 5 speeds. The ...

Britain is preparing to test a hypersonic space plane that could help cut London to Sydney flying times to just three hours.

Japanese researchers and engineers are the latest entrants into the ever-quickening race toward commercial flight at hypersonic speeds. According to AeroTime, in April 2026 at the JAXA Kakuda Space ...