The latest prototype in the Pentagon’s attempts to develop what is, in essence, a Mach 20 drone that can strike any target on earth within an hour, lasted no more than about 30 minutes before losing ...

ICBMs are great and all, but since they are used almost exclusively for nuclear strikes, launching one would practically guarantee WWIII. So, to get non-nuclear ordnance anywhere in the world in under ...

The second test of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) ended in the same fashion it predecessor did, crashing into the Pacific Ocean nine ...

The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency may have lost contact with its Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 some 9min after launch, but the 23 April mission would appear to stand as a ...

Lockheed Martin-designed craft will demonstrate technology for reusable, unmanned hypersonic cruise vehicle Lockheed Martin is proceeding with design of a hypersonic test vehicle (HTV) after the US ...

An unmanned military plane billed as the "fastest aircraft ever built" crashed into the Pacific Ocean Thursday after a malfunction caused it to stop sending signals while flying at more than 20 times ...

IT could make the Sydney-London run in under an hour, and tomorrow it will be crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Ideally, it would enable the US military to hit targets anywhere in the world in under an ...

DARPA has confirmed the splash down of its unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) following the hypersonic vehicle's second test flight on August 11. While a "controlled descent" ...

The Air Force launched and lost the world's fastest plane on a Thursday test flight. Built in partnership with the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the unmanned Falcon HTV-2 glider ...

DARPA announced that it will conduct a second flight test of the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 Thursday (Aug. 11), expecting to test projections of what happens to a vehicle traveling 20 ...