A hypersonic cruise missile must do more than briefly reach an extreme speed. It ...

The U.S. Army is testing a supersonic projectile that could drastically increase the killing power of future tanks. The Armaments Research Development and Engineering Center, at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J ...

In March 2025, a missile launched from a test range in the Pacific arced into the upper atmosphere, separated its rocket booster, and released an unpowered wedge-shaped glide body that streaked toward ...

Going really fast has always been one of the major goals of air-breathing aircraft ("air-breathing" meaning that it's not powered by a rocket, and relies on air for fuel combustion) development since ...

Australian company Hypersonix Launch Systems is not only looking to make the delivery of satellites into orbit cheaper and more accessible, but also greener. It is developing a reusable launch system ...

A small group of Australian scientists made aviation history July 30 with the successful atmospheric test of a supersonic air-breathing engine in flight. Working with a budget most big science ...

Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Northrop Grumman successfully test flew an air-breathing hypersonic missile on September 20, 2021. Part of a program for DARPA and the US Air Force, the Hypersonic ...