The biggest hurdle the Air Force has to overcome with hypersonic flight is the heat generated between the jet and the air at ...

Hypersonic aircraft promise to compress distance and time in ways that make even the fastest supersonic jets look dated, yet ...

The Air Force may move forward with both the Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon and the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, officials said. (Giancarlo Casem/U.S. Air Force) The Air Force wants to revive ...

Hypersonic weapons are in the spotlight. Here’s how they work, why they matter, and what current programs in Russia, China, ...

The Pentagon has unveiled an innovation strategy comprising six key areas aimed at cementing America’s military edge on the world stage. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil ...

(CNN) -- The US Air Force carried out a successful test of its troubled hypersonic missile over the weekend, one month after announcing the program had suffered delays because of "recent flight test ...

He has covered airlines and aerospace at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, and served major industry ...

WASHINGTON — NASA and the United States Air Force are looking for university and industry partners as they work to advance hypersonic research. NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in ...

The Air Force is resurrecting its boost-glide missile program—an effort first launched to much fanfare in August 2018, only to see mixed results in testing and ultimately lose support from service ...

Department of Defense officials announced the undisclosed missile that quickly accelerated from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 25 was a successful hypersonic flight test. In a press ...

The North American X-15 did more than set records; it quietly redrew the map of what a piloted aircraft could survive at the edge of space. By pushing hypersonic flight to extremes that still stand ...

The Japan Self-Defense Force recently tested the deployment of a developing hypersonic missile system that is designed to defend Tokyo’s islands from foreign warships. The Acquisition, Technology and ...