Shaped much like a miniature NASA space shuttle, Stratolaunch's uncrewed, rocket-propelled Talon-A2 aircraft detached in midair from the world's largest plane in March and zoomed up to dizzying speeds ...

Google's Sergey Brin isn't the only billionaire taking up a lot of hangar space with an ambitious and massive aircraft construction project. For years, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has desired to ...

NASA awards studies to SpaceWorks and Stratolaunch aimed at making hypersonic flight testing more affordable and repeatable.

Talon-A2 conducted a successful hypersonic flight and recovery in March 2025, after the first in December 2024. Stratolaunch announced on May 5, 2025, the successful completion of its second ...

The Defense Department and one of its technology accelerators have picked Stratolaunch and Varda Space Industries to provide ...

Stratolaunch has finally found a use for the world’s largest airplane. Twice in the past five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five ...

One of eastern Kern’s most promising aerospace operations has secured a nine-figure investment — likely its largest ever — from a prominent private equity firm intent on extending the company’s ...

The biggest airplanes in the world measured by their wingspan, the biggest one so far is the Stratolaunch. The Stratolaunch ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A giant six-engine aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan completed what company officials called a superb initial flight over California’s Mojave Desert, bringing to life a ...

The largest aircraft ever built, Paul Allen's Stratolaunch design, is moving into production and plans to take flight in 2016. If successful, it'll be capable of launching larger payloads into space ...