Guy Norris

LANGLEY, Virginia— NASA 's new Boeing 777 flying laboratory is being prepared for a series of major structural modifications to ready the aircraft

The Venus Detonation Rocket propulsion system combines a rotating detonation rocket engine with a ramjet.

New fuselages moving into the first Boeing 737 MAX final assembly line positions Dec. 6 signaled day-to-day work on the company's most important

The move follows the completion of a critical design review that clears the way for final development, test, and production efforts to proceed.

COLORADO SPRINGS—Boeing is believed to have wrapped up flight tests of the upgraded Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 following an intense series of flight and ground evaluations of the package using the company's development 787-8.

High-speed air-breathing propulsion has been the exclusive purview of traditional engine-makers since the birth of the jet age.

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The launch and recovery of TA-2, if confirmed, marks a major milestone for Stratolaunch’s plan to develop the Talon into a reusable hypersonic test system.

As Boom's XB-1 demonstrator edges ever closer to Mach 1, the Colorado-based startup faces more serious hurdles beyond the sound barrier as it seeks to develop a supersonic airliner for the 21 st century.