U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

As NASA continues feasibility studies into nuclear propulsion for deep space missions, DARPA has awarded an initial contract to help pave the way toward possible orbital tests of a nuclear-powered rocket for U.S. military use in and around cislunar space.

The Lockheed Martin and Raytheon variants of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept have completed captive carry tests, a military official said.

DARPA plans to launch a program to fly an X-plane designed around active flow control.

A scramjet-powered missile developed under the joint DARPA/U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program was destroyed in a recent test accident, Aviation Week has learned.

A nearly year-long setback for the Tactical Boost Glide program will cause a similar delay for the U.S. Air Force’s AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says.

DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program aims to use dogfight automation as a crucible to give pilots confidence that AI “can handle a high-end fight.”

With no winner in its Launch Challenge, DARPA is now looking at the possibly of staging the demonstration of a flexible, responsive launch of a small satellite during a major military exercise.

The U.S. defense research agency awarded Northrop a $13 million, one-year contract under the Glide Breaker program.

The air vehicle was lost during the ground-recovery sequence, but Dynetics noted it has four test vehicles remaining.

Lockheed Martin has won a sixth prime contractor role in a U.S. hypersonic missile program.

A year of change is in store for the military organizations tasked with intercepting missiles launched from another continent. In the U.S., the $160