A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, California, in August 2020. The aircraft conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. A former Lockheed ...

WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - Castelion, a startup trying to build a hypersonic weapon for the Pentagon, tested its system for the first time, it told Reuters on Monday, as a growing group of small hypersonic arms makers challenge large defense ...

A live AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon was photographed on a B-52H currently stationed at Andersen AFB for a Bomber Task Force deployment. The U.S. Air Force just published some really interesting photos from Guam, showing a live (yellow-band ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vikram Mittal is a contributor who covers aerospace and defense. In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, Russian ...

Trump announces plans for 'Golden Fleet' of powerful warships with hypersonic weapons, amid concerns over Navy fleet shortages and tensions with Colombia and Venezuela.

MOJAVE, Calif. – 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 back in America’s favor. "These peer ...

Hypersonic weapons are frequently described as having unique, game-changing capabilities because they combine hypersonic speeds (more than five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5) with long-distance gliding at low altitudes (below about 50 kilometers).

ORLANDO, Fla. — A California-based startup led by former SpaceX executives announced Jan. 29 it has raised $100 million to accelerate development of lower-cost hypersonic missiles, marking Silicon Valley’s latest push into the defense sector ...

The nation's hypersonic weapons have been boosted by a $756 million U.S. Army contract for additional capabilities to a missile designed to travel at least five times the speed of sound. Army chiefs have been working with Lockheed Martin, a global ...

Donald Trump said the proposed US Navy fleet was meant to counter China, modernize naval firepower, and revive domestic shipbuilding