In a step that could bolster the U.S.'s hypersonic weapons push, the Pentagon on Monday confirmed the second successful test of a reusable hypersonic vehicle in March, just three months after the ...

The United States Army and Navy have announced that they jointly carried out a successful conventional hypersonic missile testing. The US Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office ...

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The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy completed a successful end-to-end flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on Thursday, Dec. 12, the U.S. Department ...

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

Stratolaunch previously announced it received $24.7 million from the Missile Defense Agency for a hypersonic flight test targeted for late 2025.

The high-speed uncrewed test aircraft performed its first flight at Edwards AFB, just a year after the launch of the development. Hermeus, a U.S. company aiming to develop hypersonic aircraft quickly ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. performed a second successful test of a reusable hypersonic test vehicle in March, the Pentagon said on Monday, enabling quicker development of U.S. hypersonic ...

Decades before hypersonics entered today's headlines, NASA drafted an aircraft that bordered on surreal. Discover the story behind the X-43 Hyper X.

A self-propagating series of explosions, contained between the blades of a high-speed rotor, promises a leap in power and efficiency during hypersonic flight – provided this radical new engine can be ...