Russia and China are reportedly ahead of the United States in the long-range hypersonic weapon system race, and the arrival ...

Overcoming prolonged delays and technical challenges, the US Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon is approaching ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story… China recently unveiled a new hypersonic missile, the CJ-1000. The missile can reportedly travel over 3,500 miles—which is far enough to reach ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer can carry dozens of missiles and still be unable to launch its most ambitious one. That mismatch ...

The US Navy has recently selected a subsidiary of technology company Palladyne AI to ...

The Army designation of an operational hypersonic missile battery would be a major step for the program, which has faced development and testing delays.

The U.S. will soon have the ability to deploy a new type of hypersonic missile that can be shot from fighter planes, bombers, ground-based launchers — and can even be fired from space. Ursa Major, a ...

The Army has once again missed its own deadline for fielding the first U.S. hypersonic weapon, in a sign that one of the Pentagon's top priorities is still behind schedule. The unit responsible for ...

GE and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated a new rotating detonation engine ramjet design in a series of tests that show significant potential for efficiency gains. If developed into a full missile ...

One area of concern is the efficiency gap for hypersonic missiles that use ramjets for propulsion. Ramjets are jet engines that effectively have no moving parts. Instead of using turbines to compress ...