NASA’s $247M ‘Son of Concorde’ high-speed jet just broke the sound barrier

Traveling at the speed of sound may actually be on the horizon. NASA’s supersonic aircraft, dubbed “son of Concorde” after ...

Hermeus broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.21, and the small test jet is turning hypersonic ambition into hardware

Hermeus pushed its Quarterhorse jet past Mach 1. See how this unmanned test flight is accelerating the future of high-speed ...
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The 10 fastest aircraft ever made: A history of speed

Aviation is inseparably linked to the chase of speed. Since the first days of the powered flight, engineers and pilots have strived to create machines that will be capable of moving through the sky ...
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The Fastest Military Aircraft That Gave Nations an Edge, Ranked

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The history of military aviation is, in a few ways, a ...
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DARPA’s High-Speed VTOL SPRINT Aircraft Receives X-76 X-Plane Designation

DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. DARPA (Defense ...
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Russia to develop supersonic passenger jet to travel at Mach 1 speed, prototype in progress

Russia is making efforts to develop supersonic passenger jet, according to a report. United ...