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Aussie Hydrogen-Powered Hypersonic Spaceplane to Become a Real Game-Changer
Aussie Hydrogen-Powered Hypersonic Spaceplane to Become a Real Game-Changer

14 Jan 2022, 05:11 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Boasting the world's first hydrogen-powered, self-igniting, 3D-printed scramjet engine, the Delta Velos blows competition out of the water

 
Massive Carrier Aircraft Roc to Help the U.S. Army Sharpen Its Hypersonic Skills
Massive Carrier Aircraft Roc to Help the U.S. Army Sharpen Its Hypersonic Skills

10 Dec 2021, 10:28 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Talon-A hypersonic launch vehicle dropped from the Roc carrier will be used by the Missile Defense Agency to research hypersonic threats

 
The First-Ever Hypersonic Missile Interceptor to Be Developed for the U.S. Navy
The First-Ever Hypersonic Missile Interceptor to Be Developed for the U.S. Navy

22 Nov 2021, 10:40 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Raytheon is developing, on behalf of the Missile Defense Agency, the first defense system specifically designed to engage hypersonic threats

 
Northrop Grumman Inches Closer To Test Hypersonic Weapon Tracking Satellite
Northrop Grumman Inches Closer To Test Hypersonic Weapon Tracking Satellite

11 Nov 2021, 14:50 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Northrop Grumman has completed a critical design review of the U.S. Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor, getting closer to demo its capabilities

 
Hermeus Unveils Full-Scale Hypersonic Prototype Jet, Makes It Roar to Life
Hermeus Unveils Full-Scale Hypersonic Prototype Jet, Makes It Roar to Life

10 Nov 2021, 09:49 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Atlanta-based startup Hermeus unveiled the full-scale of its hypersonic aircraft dubbed Quarterhorse. The jet is expected to fly at Mach 5 speeds in the future

 
Three Rockets Launched in Just One Day, for U.S. Army’s Hypersonic Weapons Program
Three Rockets Launched in Just One Day, for U.S. Army’s Hypersonic Weapons Program

8 Nov 2021, 06:14 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Hypersonic weapons experiments are carried out "at the speed of light," meaning as fast and effectively as possible, with the help of sounding rockets

 
U.S. Navy Fires Up Hypersonic Rocket Motor, Gets Closer to Flight Test
U.S. Navy Fires Up Hypersonic Rocket Motor, Gets Closer to Flight Test

29 Oct 2021, 22:46 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The recent live-fire test of the U.S. Navy rocket motor brings the common hypersonic missile closer to an actual test flight

 
Hypersonic Spaceplane Sexbomb Will Cruise at Mach 5 After Being Dropped From a Balloon
Hypersonic Spaceplane Sexbomb Will Cruise at Mach 5 After Being Dropped From a Balloon

27 Oct 2021, 04:43 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Sexbomb is the actual name of a hypersonic aircraft that will fly in an upcoming test, after being dropped from a stratospheric balloon.

 
U.S. Navy, Army Successfully Test Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Systems
U.S. Navy, Army Successfully Test Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Systems

22 Oct 2021, 06:21 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Navy and Army have successfully tested advanced hypersonic technologies, capabilities and prototype systems during a flight campaign

 
Brazil Just Tested Its Largest Rocket Motor Ever, for Experiments at Hypersonic Speeds
Brazil Just Tested Its Largest Rocket Motor Ever, for Experiments at Hypersonic Speeds

11 Oct 2021, 04:54 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Brazil successfully tested its largest rocket motor ever built, an innovative motor that will power a European rocket for scientific hypersonic experiments.

 
U.S. Army Receives Ground Equipment for Its Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon System
U.S. Army Receives Ground Equipment for Its Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon System

10 Oct 2021, 03:36 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The U.S. Army has recently taken delivery of its prototype hardware for its new hypersonic weapon system, known as the "Dark Eagle"

 
Autonomous High-Speed Test Vehicle Gearing up to Revolutionize Hypersonic Flight
Autonomous High-Speed Test Vehicle Gearing up to Revolutionize Hypersonic Flight

1 Oct 2021, 05:47 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Stratolaunch is getting ready to launch its revolutionary hypersonic vehicle, Talon-A, from the world's largest plane, a multi-vehicle aircraft carrier.

 
Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Weapon Launched for the First Time, It's American
Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Weapon Launched for the First Time, It's American

28 Sep 2021, 11:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first flight test of the American Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept was conducted at an undisclosed time, rocket worked perfectly

 
U.S. Navy Completes Ground Test of Second Stage Motor for Hypersonic Weapon
U.S. Navy Completes Ground Test of Second Stage Motor for Hypersonic Weapon

27 Aug 2021, 00:44 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On August 25th, the U.S. Navy has successsfully tested the Second Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) in Promontory, Utah for a hypersonic weapon.

 
New Rolls-Royce Hypersonics Test Center to Play Key Role for the U.S. Military
New Rolls-Royce Hypersonics Test Center to Play Key Role for the U.S. Military

10 Aug 2021, 10:26 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / After recently unveiling a groundbreaking high-altitude testing facility, Rolls-Royce is now the founding member of a new Hypersonics Test Center.

 
USAF Pumps $60 Million in Quarterhorse, the Future 4,000 mph Autonomous Aircraft
USAF Pumps $60 Million in Quarterhorse, the Future 4,000 mph Autonomous Aircraft

6 Aug 2021, 04:51 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / World's fastest aircraft, flying at Mach 5, will also be fully autonomous and reusable. After NASA, USAF is now taking this project closer to reality.

 
Tiny Satellites Could Play a Big Role in Tracking Hypersonic Missiles
Tiny Satellites Could Play a Big Role in Tracking Hypersonic Missiles

13 Jul 2021, 09:00 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Missile Defense Agency has launched on June 30th two nanosatellites that could play a major role in tracking missiles before they get to reach their target.

 
DARPA Tests Hypersonic Rocket, Comes With On-Demand Thrust Termination
DARPA Tests Hypersonic Rocket, Comes With On-Demand Thrust Termination

23 Jun 2021, 11:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA and Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted in May a full-scale static test firing of a unique second stage propulsion system of a hypersonic rocket

 
DARPA Launches MACH Program to Discover New Materials for Hypersonic Airplanes
DARPA Launches MACH Program to Discover New Materials for Hypersonic Airplanes

18 Dec 2018, 12:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA announced this week the creation of the Materials Architectures and Characterization for Hypersonics (MACH) program

 
NASA to Present New Supersonic Aircraft on April 3
NASA to Present New Supersonic Aircraft on April 3

30 Mar 2018, 08:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA to announce design and manufacturing plans for the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD) next week, preparing for the creation of the QueSST X-Plane.