Castelion, a U.S. startup, has made significant strides in the development of affordable hypersonic capabilities for the U.S. Army and Navy. The company has secured multiple awards and contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon system onto these military platforms.

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ramps up military pressure on Venezuela over alleged drug trafficking.

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 allowing the military to place the powerful and nearly unstoppable weapons around the world.

President Donald Trump’s administration is advancing plans for a sweeping overhaul of the US Navy under the proposed ‘Golden Fleet’ initiative — a next-generation force featuring hypersonic missiles,

It's the second time in just a few months the US president has brought up nuclear submarines in response to Russian talk about its weapons.

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation for a vessel meant to revolutionize Beijing’s fleet.

"As dangerous threats to America's safety increase with each passing day, so does the need to combat any potential enemy. For almost 20 years, a leading defense enterprise has been developing a prototype of a gunpowder-less weapon: the General Atomics electromagnetic railgun.