BARCELONA (AP) — Iran is boasting that it has hypersonic missiles and says it already has begun firing the cutting-edge weapons at Israel. There is no evidence that Iran has unleashed the missiles, ...

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 ...

Stratolaunch built and operates the world’s largest airplane by wingspan. It is the twin-fuselage Roc, which serves as an air-launch platform for reusable hypersonic vehicles. Their primary focus is ...

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 ...

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 ...

A major focus in missile development of the 21st century has been hypersonic research. Hypersonic flight is achieved when an object surpasses Mach 5 (3,836 mph), and getting it right is the Holy Grail ...

DeMarco said that further details about the drone can’t be released yet, although a spokesperson later told The War Zone that the name will be released “at or near initial flight.” As in many of its ...

The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since ...

Hypersonic vehicles aren't much use if you don't know where they're going, so Northrop Grumman is developing new navigation systems for autonomous craft that can stand up to the rigors of flying at ...