Hypersonics

By Steve Trimble
The facilities will support testing of the Atlanta-based company’s Quarterhorse and Darkhorse series of high-speed testbeds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The Denver-based startup is developing a “transpiration-cooled” thermal protection system and an optical-fiber temperature sensor system.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The funding would help develop Outpost Space’s Carryall reentry capsule.
Space

By Guy Norris
The hypersonic aircraft developer has completed low-speed taxi tests of its Quarterhorse Mk. 1 vehicle ahead of flight tests planned for later this year.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The flight, which Stratolaunch has scheduled toward the end of the third quarter, is expected to round out a two-year test campaign.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The tests are believed to form part of the Royal Air Force’s reusable Hypersonic Air Vehicle Experimental (HVX) program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The MDA has already fielded what it calls the second increment of the SM-6 Sea Based Terminal.
SMD Symposium

By Steve Trimble
In the past, Kratos publicized plans to develop a second hypersonic vehicle named Dark Fury, but offered few details.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The service has cleared the Load Adaptable Modular pylon to fly on one hardpoint.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The static test of the so-called XB-32 motor comes less than two years after X-Bow unveiled the 34.5-in.-dia. variant of the Ballesta series.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Australian and Canadian companies have emerged as winners in the UK’s £1 billion ($1.3 billion) effort to develop a hypersonic weapon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The deployments will include “developmental hypersonic weapons.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
The Series B will bolster the Albuquerque, New Mexico, startup’s expansion plans for a new solid rocket motor factory in Luling, Texas.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan ministry of defense has agreed to acquire the Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Stratolaunch says a series of envelope expansion flights have allowed its Roc carrier aircraft to launch the Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle from 35,000 ft.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The Missile Defense Agency reports it has launched a Hypersonic Testbed to demonstrate a new experimental testing platform.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The location emerged in local news reports in Jacksonville about a $135 million economic development opportunity involving 100 jobs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The 4,000-lb.-thrust Draper has now amassed more than 50 hot fire tests.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
The rapid growth of the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based rocket developer comes as the Defense Department faces a major shortfall in SRM production capacity.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
The latest tests of the larger-scale pre-cooler are underway at Edwards AFB, California.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Ninety organizations have won a place on the UK’s Hypersonic Technologies & Capability Development Framework as part of efforts to develop native hypersonics.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A reusable hypersonic Next-Generation Responsive Strike prototype could be commissioned by the end of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency seeks to field an “interim capability” against hypersonic glide vehicles by 2029 as the Glide Phase Interceptor slides to 2035.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
North Korea says it successfully test fired a new solid-fueled, intermediate-range hypersonic missile, designated as the Hwasong-16B, on April 2.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus has unveiled its first flying test vehicle—Quarterhorse Mk. 1—at its Atlanta facility.
Missile Defense & Weapons