A California-based startup pulled off two hypersonic flights of its reusable aircraft, which became the first fully autonomous drone to reach Mach 5 speeds. Stratolaunch’s Talon-A2 completed a series ...

Uncle Sam is getting his rear-end kicked by the Russians and Chinese (heck, even the North Koreans are starting to outdo the Americans) in the all-important realm of hypersonic weapons. Indeed, it’s ...

The United States Army and Navy have announced that they jointly carried out a successful conventional hypersonic missile testing. The US Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office ...

Stratolaunch’s Talon-A lands on the runway at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in December 2024. (Stratolaunch) The Pentagon announced Monday that California-based firm Stratolaunch completed ...

February 13 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced its secretive Aerospace Projects Office (APO) is developing a large hypersonic bomber prototype as part of the Next ...

(NewsNation) — The Department of Defense announced Monday the United States successfully completed two test flights of a reusable hypersonic aircraft, marking a significant step in the development of ...

Recent advancements in hypersonic technology have opened up the possibility of aircraft flying at speeds ten times the speed of sound. This development, announced on November 14, 2025, pushes the ...

Hypersonic vehicles have become the latest military prestige technology, and the US seems to be lagging its rivals. That could change after the successful flight of an autonomous and reusable ...

The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since the early 2000s. In recent years, it has focused such ...

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 ...

DeMarco said that further details about the drone can’t be released yet, although a spokesperson later told The War Zone that the name will be released “at or near initial flight.” As in many of its ...