Hypersonics

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch is shifting its focus to its 747 launch platform after successful repeat flights of the first autonomous, fully reusable hypersonic test aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Startup Venus Aerospace successfully flight tested a ground-launched, rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE)-powered vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
High-speed test company Stratolaunch has officially confirmed that its air-launched Talon TA-2 vehicle successfully exceeded Mach 5.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
An undisclosed hypersonic missile test on April 25 validated the launch mechanism for the U.S. Navy Conventional Prompt Strike weapon program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Space startup Radian Aerospace has revealed ambitious plans to build and flight test a reusable reentry vehicle for hypersonic and space missions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An Indian military laboratory passed a milestone toward development of a hypersonic cruise missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. military staged a test of an unknown, large missile launched on a steep trajectory from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, Florida, on April 25.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese eVTOL flies; artificial intelligence beats human in drone race; detonation-powered hypersonics.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Rotating detonation engines have huge potential for realizing efficient high-speed flight, but they are proving fiendishly difficult to get right.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
U.S. satellite launch firm Rocket Lab has joined a growing number of foreign companies to help advance hypersonic weapon capabilities for the UK.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Anduril Industries successfully test-fired two large solid rocket motors recently for the U.S. Navy.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
UK and U.S. scientists have completed a series of trials in support of the UK’s domestic development of a hypersonic cruise missile demonstrator.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Brazilian energetics supplier Mac Jee has displayed for the first time a mock-up of a hypersonic, solid-fuel rocket now in development.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The ability of an Aegis guided missile destroyer to detect, track and intercept a maneuvering hypersonic missile has been demonstrated in a simulated test.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The Trump administration’s Golden Dome initiative seeks to address the new threat posed by hypersonic weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
All further details of the Kratos project—including the design, performance and schedule—cannot yet be released.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The new facility will support Kratos’ work on the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic Testbed program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The services in the proposed Foreign Military Sale (FMS) also would include meeting coordination in the U.S. and Japan.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon will likely increase its focus and spending on systems that so far have yet to show many tangible results.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The partnership aims to produce an affordable, hypersonic military drone made by Cummings in the near-term.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Researchers appeal for new aerial gunnery requirements to unlock development of hypersonic ammunition.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The ministry says the Jan. 25 test validated the flight performance of the domestically produced standoff missile, which “performed as planned.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
A joint effort between Lockheed Martin Australia and the University of New South Wales is underway to develop a hypersonic flight testbed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Hyderabad-based Defense Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) ran an active-cooled scramjet combustor for 120 sec.
Missile Defense & Weapons