The ability to drop bombs on targets a continent away can be a huge tactical advantage (even if just for sabre-rattling). Doing so at supersonic speeds, nearly automatically, is even better. That's why the UK has spent the better part of a decade developing the Taranis, one of the biggest and fastest UAVs in existence. Now it just needs to prove it can actually fly. Read More >>
NASA and its partners keep making progress in their quest to design a new passenger airliner that can fly supersonic without making a lot of noise, one of the main problems with the Concorde. And that progress looks space-age awesome. Read More >>
Featured comment by Hyperstate:
"This looks awesome, I was sad when Concorde was retired as I was hoping that supersonic flight would become the norm rather than a luxury for the rich..." More »
Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking supersonic jump was an amazing feat of human endeavour. But getting Felix to break the speed of sound caused Red Bull Stratos technical project director Art Thompson some engineering headaches. Here's how he solved them. Read More >>
Featured comment by EddyCJ:
"Those circuit breakers are quite a big deal! Accurate regular circuit breaking has been a bit of a problem for a while... I'm sure it could really hel..." More »
The Bloodhound SSC, a British project that's aiming to take the land speed record up to an insane 1,000mph, showed off a full test burn of its brand new hybrid rocket engine, which spits out about the equivalent a colossal 30,000HP. This thing uses an F1 engine just to run the fuel pump. Read More >>
Featured comment by PrinterElf:
"They went with hybrid because it's throttleable and can be turned off in an emergency.
From the point of view of the turnaround, solid fuel would be ..." More »
If you're tuned into Brazilian national politics, maybe there's some sort of metaphor here. But for the rest of us, awesome video of sonic boom resulting in massive destruction!—these fighters just ruined Brazil's Supreme Court. Read More >>
When you think of super sonic flight, you probably first think of the Concorde. But that wasn't the first super sonic transporter and it certainly wasn't the first commercial plane break the sound barrier. Those honours belong to the Tupolev TU-144, the USSR's only super sonic transport. Read More >>
Featured comment by rustybullet:
"The 2nd video was a bit odd - because it showed Boeing and Nasa stickers, next to the door - and then had a USA flag next to a smaller Russian flag on..." More »
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