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

The test conducted by the Aerophysics Research Facility (ARF) on December 11 involved a high-velocity launch using one of the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

In a March 2024 flight test, Stratolaunch’s Roc aircraft took off from California’s Mojave Spaceport and, after reaching its designated position off the California coast, released its payload, the ...

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 ...

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

California-based space company Rocket Lab will launch more hypersonic test vehicles for the U.S. Military, as the Department of Defense (DOD) continues to invest in hypersonic technology. Rocket Lab ...

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 ...

U.S. defense startup Castelion announced on Friday it will integrate its affordable, long-range, hypersonic strike weapons with operational Army and Navy platforms. Under the recently signed contract ...