Hypersonic missiles travel at speeds of at least Mach 5, which is about 3,800 mph or nearly 1 mile per second. The science behind how hypersonic weapons work is fascinating, just like their ...

Hypersonic vehicles have become the latest military prestige technology, and the US seems to be lagging its rivals. That could change after the successful flight of an autonomous and reusable ...

Twice in the past five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five times the speed of sound, and autonomously landed at Vandenberg ...

A California-based startup pulled off two hypersonic flights of its reusable aircraft, which became the first fully autonomous drone to reach Mach 5 speeds. Stratolaunch’s Talon-A2 completed a ...

Twice in the last five months, the company launched a hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated it to more than five times the speed of sound, and autonomously landed at Vandenberg ...

Stratolaunch completed the second hypersonic flight and recovery with the Talon-A2 fully autonomous vehicle. Credit: Stratolaunch WASHINGTON — The U.S. is re-entering the era of reusable ...

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 ...

Anglo-American researchers have completed tests on a propulsion system that should power a cutting-edge hypersonic missile before the end of the decade. What about Europe? Over the course of six ...

Even then, a hypersonic engine needs to operate at temperatures in the neighborhood of over 2,000 °C (3,632 °F). Even titanium alloys melt in that kind of heat.

Hypersonic missile technology is such a technology. Hypersonic weapons are classified as weapons that can travel five times as fast as the speed of sound or faster. There are 11 countries ...

As in many of its programs, Kratos is focusing also on the hypersonic drone’s affordability. In fact, the spokesperson added that, “Similar to Kratos Erinyes and Dark Fury Hypersonic Flyers ...