NASA’s X-43A scramjet aircraft hit Mach 9.64 at 110,000 feet in November 2004—and that record for an air-breathing aircraft ...
Reuters reported that an experimental scramjet engine was successfully tested in a joint effort between the US and Australia defense scientists. It attained speeds of up to 6,835 miles (11,000 km) per ...
Air Force engineers are scratching their ends after a test flight of an experimental hypersonic X-plane ended last month prematurely when the vehicle failed to reach full power. A rocket successfully ...
Supersonic combustion engine goes 10 times the speed of sound over Australian outback, U.S. and Australian researchers say. Photos: Scramjet's hypersonic test An experimental jet engine has been ...
Scramjet from Popular Science. The first true reusable, free-flying scramjet could be Darpa's HTV-3X. It is also known as Blackswift. The HTV-3x could make its inaugural flight as early as 2012.