Hypersonic

  Rocket Lab, a key player in the commercial space sector, recently achieved a significant milestone by successfully testing advanced hypersonic technology for the U.S....

L3Harris will provide the Space Development Agency (SDA) with 16 satellites to detect, monitor, and track hypersonic missiles aimed at the US and its...

Detecting hypersonic missiles remains one of the most difficult challenges in modern air defense. Traveling at speeds above Mach 5, these weapons generate extreme...

The highly advanced hypersonic missile tracking satellite array tracked its first hypersonic test launch, as reported by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The satellites...

A new study offers a surprising insight into the future of hypersonic flight, claiming that the design principles behind today’s aircraft may still apply,...

Building an aircraft that can fly several times faster than sound has always been one of aviation’s hardest engineering challenges. At hypersonic speeds, temperatures...

Developing vehicles that can travel at hypersonic speeds—Mach 5 and above—poses extreme engineering challenges. At such velocities, airframes are subjected to intense vibration, aerodynamic...

The next generation of aircraft and space systems requires the ability to conduct tests at extremely high speeds — yet today, the industry is...

After years of delays and technical setbacks, the U.S. Army is preparing to operationalize its highly anticipated "Dark Eagle" long-range hypersonic weapon (LRHW) by...

Russia’s Yasen-class submarines, also known as Project 885M, is the most advanced Russian submarine powered by nuclear energy, and it will soon be equipped...

While the U.S. and other states are racing to deploy hypersonic technologies, it remains uncertain how useful the systems will be against urgent, mobile...

Chinese aerospace researchers have announced a new development in hypersonic flight: a prototype vehicle able to alter its aerodynamic shape while travelling at speeds...

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Modern naval forces are increasingly challenged by the limits of traditional missile defense. Ship-based interceptors and radar systems were largely designed to counter predictable...

For the first time ever, Russia began using its experimental S-500 air defense system that is claimed to have a range of 600 km...

Modern naval forces are under growing pressure to project power while remaining difficult to detect. As long-range precision weapons become more widespread, large surface...

The two nations confirmed their collaboration on a counter-hypersonic missile system called the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) Cooperative Development program, meant to help Japan...

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Modern air-defense systems are forcing combat aircraft to engage targets from ever greater distances. Flying too close to heavily defended areas increases the risk...

The US will reportedly station its state-of-the-art Typhon missile system capable of firing both SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles in the Asia Pacific region by...

As hypersonic weapons development accelerates, one of the key challenges has been integration, meaning how to effectively deploy these large, high-speed systems from existing...

Supersonic flight has been very limited due to the consequences of its physics, including shattered windows and hard vibrations caused by sonic booms. Typical aircraft...