Seventh generation fighters are being designed around a simple, unsettling premise: the human body is becoming the limiting ...

In a surprising new development, a specialized Russian MiG-31 aircraft – also called by NATO as Foxhound – has been seen carrying a hypersonic missile. The MiG-31 interceptor is one of the fastest ...

Europe is moving toward a decisive moment in its effort to build a homegrown shield against hypersonic missiles.

If you travel fast enough past the speed of sound, you enter hypersonic territory, but attaining those speeds comes with a ...

Business titan Elon Musk asserted that the U.S. needs a significant stockpile of hypersonic missiles and long-range air and sea drones. "America needs a large quantity of long-range drones (air, ...

Summary: The Mako Multi-Mission Hypersonic Missile, named after the fastest shark in the sea, was showcased at the Sea Air Space 2024 conference. Developed by Lockheed Martin and CoAspire, initially ...

February 13 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced its secretive Aerospace Projects Office (APO) is developing a large hypersonic bomber prototype as part of the Next ...

Smart skins with distributed electronics means that instead of having systems mounted on the aircraft, you would have apertures integrated on the skin of the aircraft, analysts have said. Fighter jets ...

The latest and final flight of the hypersonic missile built by Lockheed Martin was an end-to-end flight test. The Air Force has not said whether the test was successful or what its objectives were, ...

Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Navy contract modification worth approximately $132.6 million to provide systems engineering, development and testing support for the Conventional Prompt Strike, or ...

US hypersonic developer Hermeus plans to fly its first prototype aircraft this summer. The Atlanta-based company on 28 March revealed the first images of its first Quarterhorse Mk 1 test vehicle, ...

A B-52H Stratofortress is prepared to conduct flight test of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Aug. 8, 2020. (Giancarlo Casem/U.S. Air ...