While Russia still holds the title for the world's fastest hypersonic rocket, the United States is now testing its very own ...

Orbiting in space, American satellites detect the bright flames. While the missile is still in its “boost” phase, one of a ...

From hypersonic weapons to space threats, here’s what Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile shield aims to do, and how it could reshape US defense strategy.

Russia has been a leader in hypersonic weapons development since 2020, when the ultra-fast and maneuverable missiles became ...

The Talon-A unmanned aerial vehicle has completed its hypersonic flight. The aircraft, developed by the US aviation company Stratolaunch, landed for the first time afterward. During the test ...

The U.S. military has completed successful test flights of a reusable hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft, its first such accomplishment in more than a half century. The win is a sign of the ...

The U.S. Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC), working with Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane), completed its second flight of a fully recoverable ...

A notional rendering of a Glide Phase Interceptor capable of defeating hypersonic threats. (Courtesy of Northrop Grumman) The Missile Defense Agency is facing a roughly three-year delay in its ...

On May 2nd, the U.S. Navy reported that it had successfully tested the new hypersonic missile launch system that will equip the modernized USS Zumwalt destroyer, with this test being carried out at ...

The Department of Defense’s Test Resource Management Center and Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division have completed two flight tests for a reusable hypersonic vehicle. In both the ...

May 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stratolaunch is pleased to announce the successful completion of its second hypersonic flight and recovery with the Talon-A2 (TA-2) fully autonomous vehicle in March 2025.