America returns to reusable hypersonic flight testing since the glory days of the X-15. Stratolaunch released a new video documenting the completion of its second hypersonic flight and full ...

Northrop Grumman's navigation technology flew on Stratolaunch's Talon-A hypersonic glide vehicle, shown here, in two recent tests. (Stratolaunch) Two recent groundbreaking hypersonic test flights ...

A California-based startup pulled off two hypersonic flights of its reusable aircraft, which became the first fully autonomous drone to reach Mach 5 speeds. Stratolaunch’s Talon-A2 completed a ...

Twice in the past five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five times the speed of sound, and autonomously landed at Vandenberg ...

Hypersonic weapons are capable of changing trajectory mid-flight, making them extremely difficult to intercept. While fielding sixth-generation technology and platforms is all the buzz as of late ...

In 2021, The Financial Times cited US military intelligence claiming China tested two hypersonic weapons released from near-Earth orbit, but some military experts called the orbital bombardment ...

Stratolaunch Systems has gone hypersonic — twice. Stratolaunch took its uncrewed Talon-A2 prototype to hypersonic speeds for the first time this past December, then repeated the feat in March ...

A reusable hypersonic jet that can reach a staggering Mach 5 (or five times the speed of sound) has completed its second successful test flight. The Talon-A2 is an unmanned, aircraft built by ...

China has appeared to have taken a giant leap forward in the hypersonic race between itself, Russia and US with a new weapon that can be launched from space. Hypersonic missiles can travel some 20 ...

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 ...

The U.S. military has completed successful test flights of a reusable hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft, its first such accomplishment in more than a half century. The win is a sign of the ...