Similar flight restrictions preceded the unannounced Dark Eagle hypersonic missile test in December. Is the Department of Defense planning another secretive hypersonic missile launch in the next ...

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. (Photo by Spc. Karleshia Gater/US Army) The U.S. Army has scheduled a test of its Long ...

China has “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal” that can threaten U.S. Navy ships, according to the Defense Department’s most recent report on Chinese military power.

Hypersonic missiles are capable of traveling more than 3,800 miles per hour and striking targets over 1,700 miles away. While America has yet to deploy a hypersonic missile system amid multiple ...

WASHINGTON — The Army dubbed its new hypersonic missile the “Dark Eagle,” paying tribute to a U.S. national symbol, as the developing system nears the end of testing. The land-based ...

The United States conducted a test launch of the U.S. Army's hypersonic missile, also known as the Dark Eagle, in Florida on Friday, capable of traveling over five times the speed of sound.

After a successful test from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station last December, the Army on Thursday officially named its long-range hypersonic weapon “Dark Eagle.” The system designed to ...

An undisclosed missile streaked skyward with rapid speed Friday, April 25, during a Department of Defense test from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, leading space observers to conclude it could ...

At hypersonic speeds — above Mach 5, or more than 5 times the speed of sound (3,836 mph or 6,174 kilometers per hour) — the flow of air around a vehicle's surface becomes complex and bumpy.

April 24 (UPI) --The United States Army announced Thursday that it will call its new long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle." Dark Eagle is intended to be a quick-response, strategic-attack ...