The North Korean defense industry continues its deliveries of new rocket weapon systems. In recent months, North Korea showcased the trials of its newest 240mm guided missile for the M1985/1991… Continue reading "North Korea Tests New Hwasongpho-16-Na Missile"
The United States Air Force’s top acquisition official has said that the Air Force will end its AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon program after test flights of the last two… Continue reading "The US Air Force’s ARRW Hypersonic Weapon Won’t Proceed Past Testing"
The United States Air Force announced Thursday that it had awarded Raytheon Missiles and Defense a $985.3 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile. The HACM… Continue reading "Raytheon Awarded Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile Development Contract"
The United States Air Force’s third booster flight test for its hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon has failed. All three booster flight tests for the hypersonic missile have failed,… Continue reading "Three For Three Failed ARRW Booster Flight Tests In 2021"
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"
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"
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"
The US Air Force says that its second booster flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon “did not meet all flight objectives”, after the hypersonic missile’s booster rocket… Continue reading "Motor Ignition Failure During Second ARRW Booster Flight Test"
The US Air Force has announced the first successful test detonation of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon’s warhead. The test, which happened “recently”, was carried out by the… Continue reading "AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Warhead Detonated For First Time"
On 2nd March the US Department of Defense held a press briefing on hypersonic weapons which shed some light on several big changes taking place, including an increased focus on… Continue reading "Major Shifts in US Hypersonic Weapon Priorities"