Hypersonics

Hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus expects to receive Pratt & Whitney’s F100-229 military turbofan for tests later this year.

Two new long-range weapon prototypes are still on schedule to be delivered to U.S. Army soldiers this year.

Aerobotix and Automated Solutions Australia (ASA) are ramping up their partnership for robotic and automated development.

New Frontier Aerospace delivered the first Mjolnir component under a $750,000 contract awarded by National Security Innovation Capital in August 2021.

The program should be considered the “most successful hypersonic air breathing flight test program in U.S. history,” DARPA says.

The solicitation comes four months after the DIU solicited for a modular payload that can be demonstrated at hypersonic speeds within 18 to 24 months.

The agreement comes as research and development intensifies in the U.S. to catch up with hypersonic weapons developments by both China and Russia.

Test flights of Australian-built scramjet-powered drone targets technology for space launch system and hypersonic defense applications.

After spending a decade building up a portfolio of low-cost unmanned aircraft systems aimed at disrupting the low end of the market for autonomy in military aviation, Kratos Defense is now taking aim at the burgeoning market for hypersonic vehicles.