Hypersonic weapons travel so fast that traditional defense systems struggle to track them. These weapons don’t just move ...

Dark Eagle isn’t just fast—it’s built to stay outside the best detection windows and arrive with almost no time to respond.

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 ...

Hypersonic vehicles have become the latest military prestige technology, and the US seems to be lagging its rivals. That could change after the successful flight of an autonomous and reusable ...

Hypersonic weapons are frequently described as having unique, game-changing capabilities because they combine hypersonic speeds (more than five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5) with long-distance ...

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to the Army is seen in 2021. (Spc. Karleshia Gater/Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Navy is heading into a major test of a hypersonic weapon ...

A U.S. Air Force B-52 carries an ARRW for its first captive carry flight over Edwards Air Force Base in California, June 12, 2019. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula Subscribe for ...

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 ...

But a retired Navy officer and defense expert said that arming Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with these missiles is a "terrible idea." ...

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 ...

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 ...