It’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the planet may help destroy it. Rare earth elements, the mineral backbones of wind turbines and electric vehicles, are now the prize in a geopolitical ...

The U.S. and Japan are moving forward with hypersonic missile defense, selecting Northrop Grumman to further develop the Glide Phase Interceptor, meant to knock down attacks as they skirt through ...

A magnet for an electric car is also a magnet for a hypersonic missile It’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the ...

The U.S., Russia and China are in the middle of a hypersonic arms race — and right now, the U.S. is losing. But private companies are stepping up to develop hypersonic tech that shifts the edge ...

Northrop’s Advanced Hypersonic Technology IMU is designed to allow high-speed systems to navigate without GPS — a capability that could be disrupted by adverse weather, difficult terrain or ...

Aside from the planned test flights, the new NASA system underwent rigorous testing in its early stages. On March 26, FOSS ...

Hypersonic missiles are fast, and the 3M22 Zircon's advertised speed makes it the planet's fastest hypersonic cruise missile — for now.It's powered by a ramjet engine, also called a scramjet ...

Simply put, hypersonic weapons are any missile that travels beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound. Ballistic missiles, fired high up or outside the earth’s atmosphere, routinely reach ...

Nov. 23 (UPI) --Russian President Vladimir Putin says the new Oreshnik hypersonic missile used against Ukraine this week will go into serial production and is "ready to be used" again if necessary ...