Stratolaunch, the Roc, and the Return of Air-Launch as America Chases Reusable Hypersonic Flight
How Stratolaunch's giant Roc aircraft and reusable Talon-A vehicle revived air-launch to close America's hypersonic testing gap.
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The Reaction Engines SABRE and the Precooled Engine That Could Fly to Orbit
Reaction Engines' SABRE engine solved the core thermodynamic barrier to air-breathing orbital flight - and the proof survived the company that built it.
VectorThe North American X-15 - The Rocket Plane That Made Pilots Into Astronauts
The North American X-15 set a crewed aircraft speed record of Mach 6.72 in 1967 that still stands, and flew thirteen missions above the recognized boundary of space.
VectorThales completes first X-Fire launcher firings in France's long-range strike competition
Thales completed live firings of its X-Fire launcher in France's FLP-T ground-based long-range strike competition, signaling a shift in European defense priorities.
TowerRussia's Checkmate and why the country that flew a sixth-gen fighter first may now be a decade behind
Russia flew a sixth-gen demonstrator first but sanctions and industrial gaps may leave it a decade behind the US, UK, Japan, and allies.
TowerBoom Supersonic's XB-one demonstrator and the flight test campaign chasing Mach one
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator is deep into supersonic flight testing at Mojave, generating real data for the Overture airliner program.
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