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 ...

Green Launch says it can fire a space vehicle skywards three times faster than SpinLaunch's kinetic launch system. Its huge hydrogen gas cannon can produce hypersonic launch velocities upwards of ...

“Hypersonic missiles are the most destabilizing kinetic weapons in our adversaries’ arsenals due to their dim flight profiles, varied launch points and high maneuverability,” said Bob De ...

The Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris and Northrop Grumman $1.3 billion in contracts to deliver prototypes that track quick-maneuvering hypersonic missiles in flight.

Both Russia and China have fielded hypersonic glide vehicles, in 2019 and 2020 respectively, but the U.S. is not expected to deploy a comparable offensive weapon until 2023.

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

Several U.S. Officials say Russia and China are ahead of the U.S. in hypersonic missile technology. Now, Texas A&M and the Bush Combat Development Complex plan to position the United States to ...

The DART AE will be the first hypersonic airframe that is entirely 3-D printed, according to the company website, and will run on green hydrogen. It will have a 620-mile range at Mach 7.

Those hypersonic missiles can reach the United States today, we’re badly vulnerable." Military experts told PolitiFact they agree that the U.S. lags Russia in the development of hypersonic missiles.