The Boundary Layer Transition 1B (BOLT-1B) experiment, a joint research project of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), and the German ...

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 ...

The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Engineering and Applied Science is taking a major step in ultra-high-temperature ceramics research by establishing a pioneering electromagnetic levitation ...

A European defense technology organization has kicked off a €110 million ($116 million) three-year study to define the concept of a hypersonic missile interceptor proposed by a 13-member consortium ...

A B-52H Stratofortress takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to conduct a test of the AGM-183A Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 prototype. (Matt Williams/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — House ...

A Department of Defense hypersonic missile test from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, Dec. 12 sparked questions on social media from unsuspecting locals who witnessed the missile launch. Ahead of ...

MADRID—The European industry consortium behind the European Hypersonic Defense (EU HYDEF) endoatmospheric interceptor project has revealed its concept for the first time. Work is still underway on the ...

The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation and Spanish Missile Systems signed a contract on the Hypersonic Defence Interceptor Study in Bonn, Germany, on 31 October 2023. (Diehl Defence) The ...

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time on March 19, 2020. US Navy Photo The House Armed Services ...

Speed is paramount in designing missiles, so engineers have worked for years to improve how fast a missile can fly. The goal is to strike a target without warning, so the faster an object, the harder ...