The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a part of its conventional prompt global strike ...

Western countries have trailed behind Russia and China in developing hypersonic weapons, expensive and difficult-to-produce systems able to travel upwards of five times the speed of sound ...

As in many of its programs, Kratos is focusing also on the hypersonic drone’s affordability. In fact, the spokesperson added that, “Similar to Kratos Erinyes and Dark Fury Hypersonic Flyers ...

Chinese scientists have unveiled a propulsion breakthrough that could redefine the future of hypersonic flight. Led by Yang Qingchun, an associate professor with Beihang University in Beijing ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) 3D simulations of hypersonic shock waves reveal new flow disturbances, particularly breaks in the flow within shock layers around cone-shaped models at Mach 16 ...

About 12 years later, the U.S. Air Force’s X-15 became the first piloted aircraft to achieve hypersonic flight, generally defined as reaching a minimum of Mach 5 (five times faster than the ...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has unveiled an internally funded effort to develop a hypersonic drone capable of exceeding Mach 5. Kratos is most known for its XQ-58 Valkyrie unmanned combat ...

ALBAWABA- Millions of Israeli settlers rushed to bomb shelters after Yemen’s Houthis launched two hypersonic ballistic missiles toward Israel. According to Yedioth Ahronoth, air traffic at Ben ...

The FTX-40 test, or “Stellar Banshee,” served as a validation for modern hypersonic missile tracking satellites, upgraded versions of the SM-6, Aegis’s ability to track hypersonic threats ...

The UK is making big strides in its bid to at develop a homegrown hypersonic missile, defence secretary John Healey has said, as he unveiled a £1 billion initiative aimed at delivering ...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will build a $50 million facility in Indiana to test and improve hypersonic weapons. The facility is expected to create over 100 jobs with an average salary of ...

LONDON—UK and U.S. scientists have completed a series of trials in support of the UK’s domestic development of a hypersonic cruise missile demonstrator. A joint team from UK’s Defense ...