Hypersonic flight has been an interesting area of research for the past half-century, owing to the complex aerodynamics, high temperature, and stresses associated with it. Hypersonic flight involves ...

Hypersonic vehicles — aircraft that can reach speeds of Mach 5 and beyond — are subject to extreme conditions while they are in flight, requiring strong yet aerodynamic materials to keep them both in ...

In the dry expanses of northwest China, a hypersonic vehicle recently did something that many in the field of aerospace engineering had long thought almost impossible: Feitian 2 changed its propulsion ...

In-Depth Modeling, Simulation of Hypersonic Environments Will Lead to a Robust Set of Hypersonic Test Setpoints to Enable Rapid Evaluation, Transition of Various Thermal Protection System Materials ...

New technology recreates the conditions these materials would have to withstand when flying at five to seven times the speed of sound. This might seem like an obvious statement, but designing an ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking new materials and designs to address the technical challenge of mitigating aerothermal effects on hypersonic vehicles as they travel ...

Steven E. Olson, a University of Dayton Research Institute researcher, holds a hypersonic aircraft model. CONTRIBUTED Steven E. Olson, a University of Dayton Research Institute researcher, holds a ...

Battelle has won a potential seven-year, $46.3 million contract to help the Department of Defense support the manufacture of thermal protection materials that can withstand extreme hypersonic ...

The LIFT manufacturing research center initiated a new round of project directed at developing hypersonics weapons technologies. Detroit-based LIFT announced that the new program phases will extend ...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS), a technology company in defense, national security, and global markets, announced today that it has been ...