Castelion, a small California defense startup, has won a $105 million U.S. Navy contract to ready its Blackbeard hypersonic missile for use aboard the Navy’s carrier-based F/A-18 fighter jets, clearing the way for the weapon […]
German startup Hypersonica claimed a “significant” step toward delivering Europe’s first sovereign hypersonic strike capability by 2029, after the company’s first hypersonic test flight in Norway pushed its missile prototype to more than Mach 6 […]
The Japan Self-Defense Force has tested the deployment of its first hypersonic missile system, which has been rushed into mass production in response to growing threats from North Korea and China. Japan’s defense procurement agency […]
According to researchers at the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), its experimental missile can “morph” midflight to ensure maximum stability and control. When its wings fold, the body becomes sleek and fast, slicing through […]
The U.S. Department of War, through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is launching an ambitious new program to design and develop a next-generation High Mach Gas Turbine (HMGT) engine aimed at powering future […]
Baseski will visit South Korea in September to attend the World Knowledge Forum, where he is expected to continue discussions on joint cooperation. Hypersonic weapons, capable of flying within the atmosphere at speeds above Mach […]
Türkiye unveiled its first hypersonic missile, the Tayfun Block-4, on Tuesday, as its maker, Roketsan, introduced six new advanced systems at the IDEF 2025 international defense fair in Istanbul. The Tayfun Block-4 ballistic missile is […]
The concept, displayed for the first time at Combined Naval Event 2025, will enable networked anti-ship and land attack strikes from loitering capsules, combining existing capabilities with existing weapon systems. Northrop Grumman unveiled a new […]
US Navy quietly kills HALO hypersonic missile initiative, the latest failure to match China’s growing arsenal of the weapon The US Navy has killed its next-generation hypersonic missile, slamming the brakes on a once-promising development […]
The US Army’s Dark Eagle hypersonic missile can hit Beijing in under 30 minutes from Japan. On Friday, the United States conducted a test launch of the U.S. Army’s hypersonic missile, also known as the […]
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