Search Results for: hypersonic
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China, Missiles, News, Technology
On July 4, 2022, the Feitian-1 “飞天一号” hypersonic vehicle developed by the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Northwestern Polytechnical University successfully launched at a base in northwestern China. Demonstrating… Continue reading "China Tests New Hypersonic Vehicle with Transforming Engine"
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Air Force, Breaking News, News
A Boeing B-52H Stratofortress with the 419th Flight Test Squadron, flying out of Edwards Air Force Base, California has successfully tested an AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, the US Air… Continue reading "US Air Force Successfully Tests AARW Hypersonic Missile"
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Defense, Missiles, Navy, News, USA
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Other Transactional (OT) Agreements to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon Missiles and Defense for its Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). The system is meant… Continue reading "MDA Selects Three Companies For Its Hypersonic Defense Missile"
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Missiles, News, Technology, USA
The Pentagon has confirmed that a test, on October 21, of a hypersonic missile under development failed due to a booster rocket malfunction, following reports of a failed hypersonic test… Continue reading "Hypersonic Booster Stack Failure Scuttles US Missile Test"
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Army, Breaking News, Missiles, Navy, News, Technology, USA
The US Navy announced on October 21 that it and the US Army had successfully conducted a series of test flights of prototype hypersonic weapon components. In a statement, the… Continue reading "US Navy Announces Three Successful Hypersonic Flight Tests"
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Army, Companies, Missiles, News, Ordnance, Technology, Training, USA
On 7 October, the US army made confirmed that the 17th Field Artillery Brigade of the US V Corps received the first prototypes of America’s ground-based hypersonic missile launcher. The… Continue reading "First US Mobile Hypersonic Launcher Prototypes Deployed"
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Defense, Missiles, Naval, Navy, News, Ordnance, Russia, Submarine, Surface Combatant
The Russian Navy has reportedly fired a Tsircon hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine for the first time in the Barents Sea, according to a statement released by the Russian… Continue reading "Russia Launches Hypersonic ‘Tsirkon’ Missile From Nuclear Submarine For The First Time"
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Air Force, Missiles, News, Ordnance, Technology, USA
The United States’ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced on 27 September that its Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept missile had made its first free flight test the previous week. In… Continue reading "Raytheon’s Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept Passes First Flight Test"
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C4ISP, C4ISR, Defense, Missiles, NATO, News, Ordnance, Radar, Technology, USA
The United States Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is resuming procurement efforts for its defensive hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program after a long pause that followed its… Continue reading "U.S. Missile Defense Agency Resumes Hypersonic Missile Defenses Effort"
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Air Force, Air Force, Aviation, Drone, News, Technology, USA
Atlanta-based aerospace startup Hermeus announced on Thursday that it had signed a $60 million contract with the US Air Force for the flight testing of Quarterhorse, Hermeus’ first aircraft. Hermeus… Continue reading "US Air Force Awards Hermeus $60 Million Hypersonic Aircraft Flight Testing Contract"