(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 ...

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 ...

Talon-A2 conducted a successful hypersonic flight and recovery in March 2025, after the first in December 2024. Stratolaunch announced on May 5, 2025, the successful completion of its second ...

Speed is paramount in designing missiles, so engineers have worked for years to improve how fast a missile can fly. The goal is to strike a target without warning, so the faster an object, the harder ...

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 ...

Key Points - Despite billions invested in programs like the Air Force's HACM, Army's LRHW "Dark Eagle," and Navy's CPS, the United States currently has no operational, full-scale production hypersonic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stratolaunch has finally found a use for the world’s largest airplane. Twice in the last five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five ...

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 ...

Stratolaunch has finally found a use for the world’s largest airplane. Twice in the past five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five ...