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A chronicle of speed: The fastest crewed aircraft ever made

The desire to fly faster than ever has been the one overwhelming idea that has propelled human flight. Since the Wright Flyer ...
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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 ...
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Kratos To Use Hermeus’ Supersonic and Hypersonic Aircraft For MACH-TB

Kratos Defense will utilize the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic ...
The Aviationist

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 ...
Flightglobal

GE and Lockheed test new rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic weapons

The compact, liquid-fuelled ramjet engine uses a novel combustion technology called rotating detonation that offers significantly improved efficiency for high-speed flight at Mach 5 and beyond. Engine ...