Stratolaunch says the flights, believed to have been conducted on Dec. 20 and March 24, validate Talon’s status as the world’s first autonomous, fully reusable hypersonic test aircraft.

Twice in the last 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 ...

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 ...

The Northrop Grumman inertial navigation device was one of several experiments flown on Stratolaunch’s two recent hypersonic test flights. Credit: Stratolaunch COLORADO SPRINGS—Northrop ...

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 ...

The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a part of its conventional prompt global strike ...

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 ...