The sport made its Olympic debut in 1924 and Germany didn’t win its first gold medals until 1952. But the country, including ...

The Army said it’s on track to field the first US hypersonic weapon — a ground-launched missile called the Dark Eagle — by the end of the month, but the system still hasn’t proven it would be ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center’s Aerophysics Research Facility, or ARF, fired a successful hypersonic shot Dec. 11 to test its new rainfield ...

Designed to carry the Talon-A beneath the forward fuselage, Stratolaunch’s 747 is on track to launch its first hypersonic vehicle in January. Credit: Stratolaunch Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch ...

Carried aloft by the world’s largest operational aircraft, Stratolaunch’s TA-1 is designed to close the hypersonic gap between the United States and rival powers. This video explores why the Pentagon ...

One of Castelion’s Blackbeard missile prototypes was launched in September in Nevada. CREDIT: CASTELION The Pentagon is getting serious about hypersonic weapons, a technology that has eluded the U.S.

Stratolaunch may conduct a hypersonic test flight in the coming days from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. The company uses the world's largest aircraft, Roc, to launch its uncrewed, reusable ...

Could a hypersonic vehicle take flight this weekend in the deserts of Southeastern California? It appears Stratolaunch, an aerospace company based in Mojave about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, is ...

Stratolaunch may conduct another hypersonic test flight this weekend from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. The flights are part of a Department of Defense program to test advanced capabilities ...

Rocket Lab launched its hypersonic test vehicle for the sixth time ever this week. The HASTE suborbital rocket lifted off Tuesday (Nov. 18) at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 2 ...

The Japan Self-Defense Force recently tested the deployment of a developing hypersonic missile system that is designed to defend Tokyo’s islands from foreign warships. The Acquisition, Technology and ...

Hypersonic flight could one day make long-haul travel as quick as a short movie. Researchers are testing how turbulence behaves at extreme speeds, a critical hurdle for designing these aircraft. Their ...