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 ...

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to the Army is seen in 2021. (Spc. Karleshia Gater/Army) The U.S. Army’s first unit to receive hypersonic weapons will get a battery’s worth of ...

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 ...

A Common Hypersonic Glide Body launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, during a DOD flight experiment in March 2020. (U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army is aiming for one more major test of ...

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade is completed on Oct. 7, 2021, with a ceremony at ...

The Pentagon's newest missile has drawn comparisons with Russia's recently deployed Oreshnik, the two emerging as key contenders in the hypersonic arms race and fueling debates over their capabilities ...

Speed is paramount in designing missiles, so engineers have worked for years to improve how fast a missile can fly. The goal is to strike a target without warning, so the faster an object, the harder ...

In a major defense milestone, the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) has successfully completed a simulated engagement with a live hypersonic missile in the ...

The United States successfully shot down a hypersonic missile in a recent test, showcasing its missile defense capabilities. On 24 March, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Navy conducted ...

High above the blistering Mojave Desert, the Roc, the largest operational aircraft in the world with a jaw-dropping wingspan of 385 feet, thundered up to the skies on a mission of paramount importance ...