The Missile Defense Agency's effort to field an NGI is also delayed by roughly 18 months or more, its director said.

The following is the April 24, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, The U.S. Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. performed a second successful test of a reusable hypersonic test vehicle in March, the ...

Designed to be the hypersonic successor to the iconic Blackbird, the SR-72 “Darkstar” is allegedly under development by ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy successfully tested a sea-based hypersonic missile launch system at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, marking a significant step toward deploying the ...

The Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon fired out of a canister on a road-mobile trailer shortly after sunrise on Florida's ...

US aerospace start-up Stratolaunch has completed the much-awaited first hypersonic flight with its reusable Talon-A vehicle. That inaugural flight took place in December, but was only revealed by ...

Hypersonic weapons travel in the upper atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound, or about 6,200 km (3,853 miles) per hour. Arms makers like Lockheed Martin Corp, Northrop Grumman Corp ...

"The speed, range, and survivability of hypersonic weapons are key to integrated deterrence for America," said Navy Secretary John Phelan. Lockheed Martin Corp is the prime contractor for the weapon.