Stratolaunch Hypersonic Vehicle to Fly Test Missions for U.S. Navy's MACH-TB
29 Nov 2023, 12:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American aerospace company Stratolaunch announced it has joined the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program with the Talon-A
We'll Soon Have Quarterhorses Flying Overhead at Hypersonic Speeds
14 Nov 2023, 09:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aviation startup Hermeus announced it is now part of the Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities program
America's Hypersonic Weapon Interceptor Now Cooking Over at Boeing
18 Sep 2023, 05:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace giant Boeing announced its involvement in the DARPA Glide Breaker project, meant to give the U.S. intercept capabilities against hypersonic weapons
World's Largest Aircraft by Wingspan Drops Hypersonic Vehicle on Purpose During Test
16 May 2023, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Stratolaunch Roc performed a test flight and it dropped the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle to see if it can separate from the center-wing pylon
You Will Not Feel Like Captain Picard in the Mach 9 Stargazer Spaceplane
8 Apr 2023, 22:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Venus Stargazer is a Mach 9 spaceplane in its early stages, should make planetary travel across vast distances a quick breeze
American Military Turns to Foreign and Unusual Tech in Race for Hypersonic Weapons
19 Mar 2023, 11:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. military selected Australian Hypersonix Launch Systems and Cali-based Fenix Space to compete and develop hypersonic weapons prototypes
U.S. Navy Getting Hypersonic Strike Capability, Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Front and Center
20 Feb 2023, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy selected Lockheed Martin to supply hypersonic weapons system for the Zumwalt-class destroyers, they should become operational in 2025
American B-52 Fires Hypersonic Weapon That Can Cover 70 Miles Per Minute
1 Feb 2023, 14:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA, Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne tested for the second time the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, shot from a B-52
U.S. Navy and USAF Are Funding a Groundbreaking Hypersonic Experiment
12 Jan 2023, 04:32 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A projectile hitting the water at 9,000 mph in an upcoming scientific experiment will reveal to the world something it's never seen before
Kratos Involved in Mayhem, Not the Next Santa Monica Studio PS Hit But a Hypersonic Weapon
10 Jan 2023, 17:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Kratos gets involved in a new Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) hypersonic weapons program called Mayhem
Engineer Awarded $4.5 Million to Build a “Brain” for Autonomous Hypersonic Vehicles
7 Dec 2022, 03:26 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A professor at the University of Arizona will lead a complex new research project dedicated to the development of an advanced brain for hypersonic vehicles
Air Force Research Lab Inks Deal To Support Stratolaunch Talon-A Hypersonic Testbed
15 Nov 2022, 21:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Formed in 1997 and based out of Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, the Air Force Research Lab has its roots indating back to 1945
Sexbomb Turbo-Ramjet Hypersonic Drone Leaves North America to Be Tested Elsewhere
8 Nov 2022, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Space Engine Systems announced this week it will no longer be running the first test of the Sexbomb demonstrator over Canada, moves to UK
World’s Largest Aircraft Flies With Its Hypersonic Separation Vehicle for the First Time
31 Oct 2022, 02:46 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The incredible Roc aircraft that's almost as big as a football field, flied over the Mojave desert with an autonomous hypersonic vehicle attached to it
USAF to Blow $1 Billion on Raytheon Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Missiles
23 Sep 2022, 13:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) awarded this week a contract worth almost one billion dollars to Raytheon for the development of Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missiles
Top Gun: Maverick’s Mach 10 Darkstar Is a Sign of Military Aircraft to Come
26 Jun 2022, 04:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Top Gun: Maverick is en route to hitting the $1 billion in earnings, all thanks to Tom Cruise, military aircraft, and the Darkstar
The World's Largest Aircraft by Wingspan Sets New Altitude Record
16 Jun 2022, 23:24 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Stratolaunch's massive carrier aircraft Roc successfully completed its seventh flight test. During the flight, Roc reached a new maximum altitude of 27,000 feet
Stratolaunch Cuts Short Sixth Flight Test of Its Mammoth Carrier Aircraft
10 Jun 2022, 00:51 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On June 9th, Stratolaunch's massive carrier aircraft Roc was supposed to fly over the Mojave Desert for 3.5 hours, but its flight test was cut short
Houston Startup Unveils Stargazer, a Mach 9 Hypersonic Spaceplane Concept
9 Jun 2022, 03:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Forget air taxis, this spaceplane wants to have you traveling anywhere in the world in less than an hour, and "back in time for dinner"
Stratolaunch Reveals First Talon-A Vehicle Set to Be Carried by Massive Aircraft Roc
27 May 2022, 11:44 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Stratolaunch has unveiled the its first structurally complete Talon-A test vehicle. The vehicle will be carried by the mammoth aircraft Roc later this year