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 ...

Mach 3.08 At 74,000 Feet: The XB-70’s Peak Moment Summary and Key Points: The lone surviving XB-70 Valkyrie—North American’s Mach 3 strategic bomber prototype—sits at the National Museum of the Air ...

Blackbird SR-71 did not survive through concealing but through escape. Lockheed had constructed the Skunk Works of the SR-71 in the wake of the 1960 U-2 shootdown in the belief that, once spotted, the ...

Numeric designation suggests a lot, and the Bell X-1 was indeed a special aircraft. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1, and the plane ushered in the modern age of supersonic flight. The X ...