Stratolaunch Systems conducted its first hypersonic test flight with its Talon-A2 vehicle and Roc carrier plane in December, then repeated the feat in March.

The power of modern aircraft is staggering, and these incredible machines grow ever more powerful. When the Heinkel He 178, the first pure turbojet aircraft, first flew in 1939, it did so with 4.41 ...

The length of a Premier League football pitch? 105 meters. The length of Trafalgar Square in London? 140 metres. The Stratolaunch Roc – the world’s largest operating plane – is much longer, at 117 ...

Could a hypersonic vehicle take flight this weekend in the deserts of Southeastern California? It appears Stratolaunch, an aerospace company based in Mojave about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, is ...