Ursa Major pitches affordable HAVOC hypersonic missile for air, land and sea
Ursa Major has announced a new hypersonic weapon concept it calls the HAVOC Missile System, describing it as…
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Video appears to show Patriot intercepting Zircon hypersonic missile
Video footage credited to Ukraine’s Air Command Center appears to show a MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system intercepting…
Germany awards Polaris contract for reusable hypersonic research vehicle
Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has awarded a contract to German…
Hypersonic weapons explained: the science, the strategy, and the hype
Hypersonic weapons have emerged in the collective consciousness as a significant development in modern warfare, offering unprecedented speed…
Lockheed Martin opens new hypersonics integration lab in Alabama
Lockheed Martin has opened a new Hypersonics System Integration Lab (SIL) at its Huntsville, Alabama, campus, a 17,000-square-foot…
GE Aerospace completes first solid-fuel ramjet flights for hypersonic program
GE Aerospace reached an important milestone in its hypersonic propulsion development program by testing a solid-fuel ramjet at…
Russia uses Zapad 2025 for ‘hypersonic posturing’ with Zircon, Kinzhal drills
Russia said on September 14, 2025, that it had fired a Zircon (or Tsirkon) hypersonic cruise missile at…
Stratolaunch to test Talon-A hypersonic vehicle from Spirit of Mojave 747
Stratolaunch has announced plans to launch its reusable Talon-A hypersonic testbed aircraft from the Spirit of Mojave, a…
AUKUS nations accelerate hypersonic development with new joint arrangement
The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia have announced a new trilateral agreement to accelerate the development…
India successfully tests first long-range hypersonic missile
India announced the successful test of its first long-range hypersonic missile, a development Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh…
Hypersonic flight startup Venus Aerospace presents new detonation ramjet engine
Venus Aerospace, a US startup developing hypersonic propulsion technologies, has unveiled a new ramjet system, which it calls “Venus…
Northrop Grumman to develop hypersonic glide phase interceptor for US defense
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has announced its collaboration with Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop the Glide…
MBDA receives contracts to begin HYDIS2 hypersonic interceptor concept phase
MBDA has recently signed two major contracts with the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR), marking the launch…
Hermeus tests precooler technology on F100 engine for future hypersonic engine
Hermeus has partnered with Pratt & Whitney to conduct testing of its advanced precooler technology with the F100…
UK to deploy domestically made hypersonic cruise missile by 2030
The United Kingdom plans to deploy its first domestically designed hypersonic cruise missile before the end of 2030,…
Hypersonic startup Hermeus unveils first flyable aircraft
Hypersonic flight startup Hermeus has publicly unveiled its first flyable aircraft, called the Quarterhorse Mk 1. A previous…
Stratolaunch hypersonic aircraft blasts off from mothership in new test: video
In Stratolaunch’s latest flight trial its Talon-A test vehicle, TA-1, successfully separated from the mothership, Roc, mid-air before…
B-52 crews prepare for hypersonic weapons deployment at Andersen AFB
B-52 Stratofortress crews from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently engaged in…