One of Castelion’s Blackbeard missile prototypes was launched in September in Nevada. CREDIT: CASTELION The Pentagon is getting serious about hypersonic weapons, a technology that has eluded the U.S.

Hypersonic vehicles aren't much use if you don't know where they're going, so Northrop Grumman is developing new navigation systems for autonomous craft that can stand up to the rigors of flying at ...

Beijing-based company Lingkong Tianxing Technology has unveiled a hypersonic missile featuring an automatic target identification and threat evasion capabilities. (Janes) Chinese aerospace company ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – A professor at Virginia Tech was recently awarded a grant of $450,000 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study cutting-edge technology. Hypersonic vehicles travel ...

Stratolaunch may conduct a hypersonic test flight in the coming days from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. The company uses the world's largest aircraft, Roc, to launch its uncrewed, reusable ...

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 ...

Stratolaunch may conduct another hypersonic test flight this weekend from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. The flights are part of a Department of Defense program to test advanced capabilities ...

U.S. defense startup Castelion announced on Friday it will integrate its affordable, long-range, hypersonic strike weapons with operational Army and Navy platforms. Under the recently signed contract ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current U.S. Army systems, the first step toward ...

SANDOVAL COUNTY, N.M. — A California-based hypersonic missile company could soon build a new production and testing facility in Sandoval County. The project, titled “Project Ranger,” would involve ...

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to the Army is seen in 2021. (Spc. Karleshia Gater/Army) The U.S. Army’s first unit to receive hypersonic weapons will get a battery’s worth of ...