SpaceWorks Enterprises and Stratolaunch will utilize their respective X-60 and Talon-A platforms for the program.

NASA's recent awards are a strategic step towards advancing hypersonic technologies. The agency has selected multiple contractors to focus on various aspects of hypersonic flight testing. These ...

After the first supersonic flights, the real quest for speed did not stop - it accelerated into the hypersonic realm. From ...

NASA awards studies to SpaceWorks and Stratolaunch aimed at making hypersonic flight testing more affordable and repeatable.

"Hypersonic" refers to speeds over Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. That's approximately 3,800 miles per hour, a pace that could take you all the way around the equator in less time than it ...

Stratolaunch built and operates the world’s largest airplane by wingspan. It is the twin-fuselage Roc, which serves as an air-launch platform for reusable hypersonic vehicles. Their primary focus is ...

The NASA award to SpaceWorks Enterprises will focus on research using the company's X-60 platform. SpaceWorks While NASA is working ...

Could a hypersonic vehicle take flight this weekend in the deserts of Southeastern California? It appears Stratolaunch, an aerospace company based in Mojave about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, is ...

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 ...

The US Army’s new Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon is moving from PowerPoint to the battlefield, promising to hit distant targets ...

Stratolaunch may conduct a hypersonic test flight in the coming days from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. The company uses the world's largest aircraft, Roc, to launch its uncrewed, reusable ...