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

Hypersonic aircraft promise to compress distance and time in ways that make even the fastest supersonic jets look dated, yet the United States Air Force is discovering that flying at several times the ...

On December 17, Russia announced the first S-500 regiment was put into active service, ushering in an era of near-space ...

Hypersonic weapons are reshaping modern military competitions. As the U.S. advances its capabilities, understanding the ...

Being a hypersonic missile, the weapon will be able to travel five times faster than the speed of sound. The high speed, ...

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 ...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2025 conducted high-speed, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft tests, supporting aeronautics, air mobility, and Earth observation through experimental flights ...

An official Chinese media report on Sunday unveiled the moment when a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile was launched from a ...

Washington’s analysts constantly judge the Su-57 through an F-22 or F-35 lens. Russia doesn’t fight that way. Their defense strategy—as seen in Ukraine thus far—is fundamentally one of attrition: ...

Today's world military news (December 26) includes the following: China's J-10C fighter jet integrates anti-ship ballistic ...