The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade is completed on Oct. 7, 2021, with a ceremony ...

Although the Pentagon says it intends to deploy its first hypersonic weapon by Sept. 30, more than three years later than planned, its testing office says the weapon manged by the Army has yet to ...

Airmen conduct preflight checks on a B-52H Stratofortress in preparation for a flight test of the Air Force's hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. (Giancarlo Casem/Air Force ...

Each member of this axis of aggressors has developed (or at least has claimed to have developed) operational hypersonic weapons. These adversaries’ hypersonic capabilities significantly enhance ...

For hypersonic planes, it is all about how much thrust is created and how efficiently are we doing it as we get more and more speed. Can we keep getting faster and faster without hitting an speed zone ...

Stratolaunch celebrated a successful test but remained tight-lipped about who would use the hypersonic test vehicle. Those customers have since emerged: the United States Air Force and the ...

UDRI performs Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of hypersonic flows in order to better guide the design process. CFD allows iteration and flexibility within a given design space, thus ...

Venus Aerospace and Hermeus are two innovative companies advancing hypersonic technology, focusing on engine efficiency, rapid prototype development, and simplified propulsion systems to operate ...

The United States has been exploring research and development of hypersonic weapons technologies for decades. Historically, such funding has been relatively modest, but in recent years the ...

As Russia and China make advancements on hypersonic missiles, Canada has reactivated a test facility related to such weapons that hasn’t been in use for the past 20 years. The Department of ...