Newer fighter jets like the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II, and China’s J-20 are ...
The Air Force commissioned the XB-70 Valkyrie in the late 1950s to drop nuclear bombs from Mach 3 at 70,000 feet. North American Aviation built only two prototypes. Six General Electric turbojets ...
A Boeing F-15 is still quite fast, but not nearly Mach 3, the company’s program manager said on Feb. 23, correcting a previous statement. “Mach 2.497 is what we can get out of the Eagle jet and that’s ...
For a brief shining moment, the U.S. Air Force lay on the verge of flying the fastest, arguably most badass fighter jet of all time. The jet, the YF-12A, was one of several proposed variants in the SR ...
Integrated circuits made of GE’s silicon-carbine wafers can support powerful electronics even at extreme temperatures. Credit: General Electric A state-of-the-art ramjet struggles to accelerate when ...