LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unmanned experimental aircraft failed during an attempt to fly at six times the speed of sound in the latest setback for hypersonic flight. The X-51A Waverider was designed to ...

The US Army is planning to deploy the Pentagon’s first hypersonic weapon by the end of the year, even though the Defense Department’s own test office said the weapon hasn’t yet proven it would be ...

May 5 (UPI) --Stratolaunch successfully tested for the second time a fully recoverable uncrewed hypersonic vehicle for the Department of Defense in March, the private contractor and federal agency ...

The recent launch of Russia’s new hypersonic-armed submarine, Perm, serves as a stark reminder of the 2000 Kursk disaster.

The US Army’s first hypersonic battery will have its full load of eight missiles by December, marking a major milestone in ...

DARPA will launch the second flight test of an unmanned hypersonic glider Thursday (Aug. 11) to test technologies needed for a new global strike bomber concept designed to fly 20 times the speed of ...

This weapon could be the U.S.’s first true hypersonic missile. Its unique liquid engine makes it accurate, maneuverable, and ...

Stratolaunch’s Talon-A lands on the runway at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in December 2024. (Stratolaunch) The Pentagon announced Monday that California-based firm Stratolaunch completed ...

GE had a successful Mach 2.2 captive flight of solid fuel ramjet on F-104 which demonstrated throttleable thrust for evasive, ...

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. (Photo by Spc. Karleshia Gater/US Army) The U.S. Army has scheduled a test of its ...

Stratolaunch Systems has gone hypersonic — twice. Stratolaunch took its uncrewed Talon-A2 prototype to hypersonic speeds for the first time this past December, then repeated the feat in March, the ...