In a scene that could have been taken from science fiction, a start-up firm in the USA has achieved a major milestone in the race for reusable hypersonic flight. California-based Stratolaunch ...

Following a successful test flight in which its Talon-A vehicle reached near-hypersonic speeds, Stratolaunch is preparing for its next mission to reach or surpass the milestone of five times the speed ...

Stratolaunch announces its extended partnership in the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB) 2.0 program, awarded on September 30, 2025, by the Department of War's Test ...

The Roc is massive: its take-off weight numbers at over 1.3 million pounds. A video shows the biggest plane in the world taking off and cruising into the sky — taking it one step closer to hypersonic ...

May 14—One of the stars of eastern Kern County's aerospace industry notched an important success Saturday by completing a mid-air launch of a test vehicle that, if all continues to go well, will ...

Shaped much like a miniature NASA space shuttle, Stratolaunch's uncrewed, rocket-propelled Talon-A2 aircraft detached in midair from the world's largest plane in March and zoomed up to dizzying speeds ...

The US company says it successfully completed the first powered flight of its Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, landing it safely in water. It did not give exact details but said speeds were "approaching ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Stratolaunch Systems Corp. In May, Stratolaunch Systems revealed the largest aircraft in the world by wingspan, 385 ...

A close-up view shows the Talon-A Test vehicle tucked under Stratolaunch's Roc aircraft Saturday before a milestone mission off the Central Coast. Credit: Stratolaunch/Matt Hartman Stratolaunch, LLC ...

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) The project will leverage modifications to Stratolaunch's Spirit of Mojave 747 launch platform to expand Talon-A flight capabilities beyond the U.S. western coast to a variety of ...

The bleeding edge: A US aerospace company, Stratolaunch Systems, aims to develop the country's first privately funded, reusable hypersonic test vehicle. This week's trial shows it is moving to that ...

A Talon-A test vehicle separates from its launch system. (Ethan Wagner/Stratolaunch) Following a successful test flight in which its Talon-A vehicle reached near-hypersonic speeds, Stratolaunch is ...