A recent assessment by the US Defense Intelligence Agency paints a grim picture for the Americans. The threats from China and ...

The aircraft can attack from great distances and maneuver in ways that aim to trick adversaries and dodge traditional ...

Venus Aerospace just took one giant leap toward hypersonic travel. The Houston-based startup successfully completed the first U.S. flight test of an exotic new type of engine, capable of enabling ...

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 ...

Described as one of the world’s largest guns, the BAM Range uses a rail system to launch projectiles at hypersonic speeds, faster than the blink of an eye. “Researchers from around the country ...

(Stratolaunch) The Pentagon announced Monday that California-based firm Stratolaunch completed two hypersonic test flights with its Talon-A vehicle, recovering the testbed on both and making ...

“The W-3 mission will provide unprecedented data to advance next-generation space and defense capabilities and continue to provide hypersonic environments to the reentry test community,” Dave ...

The US military launched a long-range hypersonic missile Friday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a test flight that, if successful, could pave the way for the weapon's ...

WASHINGTON — The Army dubbed its new hypersonic missile the “Dark Eagle,” paying tribute to a U.S. national symbol, as the developing system nears the end of testing. The land-based ...

In the future, those flights might be a lot shorter if hypersonic travel becomes a reality. Tests by private company Stratolaunch suggest that the possibility is certainly there. Stratolaunch ...

Japan plans to test its rail gun, which uses electricity to fire projectiles, aiming to enhance its defense against Chinese and North Korean hypersonic missiles, according to local media.

April 24 (UPI) --The United States Army announced Thursday that it will call its new long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle." Dark Eagle is intended to be a quick-response, strategic-attack ...