If you travel fast enough past the speed of sound, you enter hypersonic territory, but attaining those speeds comes with a ...

The North American X-15 did more than set records; it quietly redrew the map of what a piloted aircraft could survive at the ...

He has covered airlines and aerospace at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, and served major industry ...

The Navy is seeking to boost prototype efforts for hypersonic all-up-rounds of varying sizes and launch capabilities, according to a request for solutions released today.

One of the key military innovations of the 21st century is the development of hypersonic missiles. Leading nations are hard at work developing the technology to move missiles five times faster than ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vikram Mittal is a contributor who covers aerospace and defense. In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense ...

A Department of Defense hypersonic missile test from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, Dec. 12 sparked questions on social media from unsuspecting locals who witnessed the missile launch. Ahead of ...

February 13 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced its secretive Aerospace Projects Office (APO) is developing a large hypersonic bomber prototype as part of the Next ...

With $350 million in new funding, Castelion is among the companies racing to make the U.S. competitive with Russia and China ...

The University of Southern Queensland is at the forefront of defence technology, helping to develop a sensing system capable ...

Lockheed Martin Corp. has opened a new lab focused on hypersonic weapons in Alabama, as the US struggles to catch up with ...

The FTX-40 test, or “Stellar Banshee,” served as a validation for modern hypersonic missile tracking satellites, upgraded versions of the SM-6, Aegis’s ability to track hypersonic threats, and a new ...