Since the dawn of flight, people have been chasing the fastest of go-fast propulsion systems – and it's worth taking a look back over some of that history to put this latest invention in context. Skip ...

A fascinating eVTOL project is about to come out of stealth, showcasing a "breakthrough HyperDrive propulsion technology" that MagLev Aero claims is "dramatically more quiet, efficient, safe, ...

More than 14 years have passed since the first X-51A WaveRider—powered by a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) engine built by Aerojet Rocketdyne, now a part of L3Harris Technologies—made ...

Integrated circuits made of GE’s silicon-carbine wafers can support powerful electronics even at extreme temperatures. Credit: General Electric A state-of-the-art ramjet struggles to accelerate when ...

NASA is working on future versions of its X-43 Hyper-X as it prepares for a mid-May first flight of the hypersonic experimental vehicle. The US agency is studying an X-43C which could fly in 2006 in ...