Russia’s vaunted hypersonic arsenal was sold to the world as a family of “unstoppable” weapons that would rip through Western ...

(Bloomberg) -- Hypersonic weapons are so fast, their speed can change the surrounding air molecules. They can carry a nuclear warhead, fly low and be hard to detect. Because of their potential to ...

The Dark Eagle, Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), is a road-mobile system capable of striking targets up to 1,700 miles away. Each battery has eight missiles on mobile trucks. This setup allows for ...

The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since the early 2000s. In recent years, it has focused such ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current U.S. Army systems, the first step toward ...

The United States is far behind Russia and China on hypersonic weapons development—and is working with international partners in an attempt to close the gap. The Southern Cross Integrated Flight ...

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to the Army is seen in 2021. (Spc. Karleshia Gater/Army) The U.S. Army’s first unit to receive hypersonic weapons will get a battery’s worth of ...

Lockheed Martin Corp. has opened a new lab focused on hypersonic weapons in Alabama, as the US struggles to catch up with China and Russia in deploying the advanced technology. The major defense ...

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin said on Wednesday it has opened a hypersonics system integration lab at its Huntsville campus as it pushes to develop next-generation weapons. Hypersonic weapons, ...

The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since ...