Breaking News
The Map Is Not the Territory: Ukraine, Manufactured Consent, and Europe's War of Attrition
The Rise of the Isaac Accords: How Israel is Redrawing South America's Political Landscape
Time for These Zionist 'Pastors' to Register as Foreign Agents
Will The US Hit A Deflationary Wall Or Will The Fed Inflate Again In 2026?
Top Tech News
This tiny dev board is packed with features for ambitious makers
Scientists Discover Gel to Regrow Tooth Enamel
Vitamin C and Dandelion Root Killing Cancer Cells -- as Former CDC Director Calls for COVID-19...
Galactic Brain: US firm plans space-based data centers, power grid to challenge China
A microbial cleanup for glyphosate just earned a patent. Here's why that matters
Japan Breaks Internet Speed Record with 5 Million Times Faster Data Transfer
Advanced Propulsion Resources Part 1 of 2
PulsarFusion a forward-thinking UK aerospace company, is pushing the boundaries of space travel...
Dinky little laser box throws big-screen entertainment from inches away
'World's first' sodium-ion flashlight shines bright even at -40 ºF
Air Force awards $1.5 million contract to develop hypersonic Mach 5 plane...
The contract, announced by aerospace firm Hermeus on Thursday, will fund the development of a small passenger jet that could replace the Gulfstream-based planes currently in the presidential fleet.
Though the current aircraft under consideration would be too small to replace Air Force One, it could conceivably someday be used to transport Cabinet members, Congressional delegations, and other officials whose transport is overseen by the Special Air Mission.
The Air Force investment, awarded through AFWERX, is worth $1.5 million and will be used to evaluate potential hypersonic military transports for an aircraft seating nine to 19 people, according to Aviation Week Defense Editor Steve Trimble.
At Mach 5, which is over 3000mph, flight times from New York to London would be 90 minutes rather than seven hours.
'Leaps in capability are vital as we work to complicate the calculus of our adversaries,' said Brigadier General Ryan Britton, Program Executive Officer for Presidential and Executive Airlift in a statement on the program.