NASA’s hypersonic Rotating Detonation Engine passes first crucial tests
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Explosions are normally bad in engines, but done in the right way they are the future of jet engine design and hypersonic vehicles. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
USAF announces development of a new Mach 5 hypersonic missile
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The new global arms race involves weaponising AI and robots, lasers, telepathy, and hypersonic weapons. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The future of warfare could, or will, be filled with autonomous hunter killer drones, flying aircraft carriers,...
NASA’s green rocket fuel is less harmful to the environment, and can be FedEx’d
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As access to space gets cheaper we’re sending more rockets up today than ever before, and the fuel they use has a massive environmental impact. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore More. When I talk about Elon Musk’s vision for...
Mysterious hypersonic SR-72 demonstrator spotted in California
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hypersonic platforms, from autonomous aircraft to “carrier killers” and missiles, so it’s inevitable that over the next five or so years sightings are going to increase Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Program (ADP), better known as “Skunk Works,” might be further along in the development...
Lockheed confirms it’s building the unmanned hypersonic SR-72 aircraft
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The next generation of aircraft, and warfare, will be hypersonic and as China and Russia make big advances in the space the US is stepping up its game. The US has been playing around with hypersonic aircraft for decades now, the most public showing...
