Article Summary: The X-51 Waverider’s 2013 hypersonic flight represented a milestone in military aviation, reaching Mach 5.1 using a scramjet engine after launching from a B-52H. Although it ...

But with a hypersonic missile, such as the one being tested on the X-51, “the attack would have been cut to just over 12 minutes,” Richard Hallion, a former Air Force senior advisor, said last ...

The last test of the X-51 didn’t go so well, crashing down early into the Pacific after just 15 seconds.This time around, the test went smoothly. “That vehicle flew like a bat out of hell ...

X-51 Waverider: Hypersonic jet ambitions fall short. 15 August 2012. Share Save. Sharon Weinberger. Features correspondent. ... a hypersonic missile that will be launched from an aircraft.

This spring, the Air Force was preparing for a groundbreaking test of the X-51 WaveRider, a hypersonic cruise missile that would reach speeds of up to Mach 6. But it looks like the WaveRider’s ...

The Air Force has successfully launched the X-51 WaveRider hypersonic missile, bringing the military one step closer to a Mach 6 cruise missile that’s 10 times faster than current models. An ...

X-51 Waverider makes historic ramjet-powered hypersonic flight. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 28, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 05 / 100527130438.htm ...

If the X-51 tests aresuccessful, President Barack Obama is also ready to approve a revolutionaryscramjet-powered conventionally-armed "Prompt Global Strike" missile.Within 60 min. of launch from ...

At present, Russia and China dominate the global race for hypersonic missiles, with three advanced systems each.

The second test of a U.S. Air Force experimental aircraft in Southern California ended prematurely this week just seconds after launch. A video released Thursday showed a B-52 bomber launch the ...

NASA flew the autonomous X-43 test vehicle to hypersonic speed two times in 2004, and the Air Force demonstrated an air-breathing scramjet engine at Mach 5.1 with the X-51 Waverider aircraft in 2013.