China has signaled plans for a next-generation, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier capable of deploying high-energy laser weapons.

Technology is said to offer advantages such as high muzzle velocity and low noise, consistent with ‘supership’ blueprint ...

While hypersonic weapons promise near-uninterceptable speed and range, defenses remain limited. Japan is advancing a ...

In the opening hours of a US-China war, the DF-17 would crater runways at bases like Kadena in Japan or Andersen in Guam, crippling American airpower in the Indo-Pacific. Quietly and without much ...

The Dark Eagle, Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), is a road-mobile system capable of striking targets up to 1,700 miles away. Each battery has eight missiles on mobile trucks. This setup allows for ...

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 ...

Castelion announced Oct. 24 that it has received multiple contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic weapon system onto existing U.S. Army and Navy platforms. The startup, in an announcement, ...

Skunk Works engineers walk through the real Darkstar mockup built exclusively for Top Gun Maverick, explaining how its shape, ...

The United States is far behind Russia and China on hypersonic weapons development—and is working with international partners in an attempt to close the gap. The Southern Cross Integrated Flight ...

SANDOVAL COUNTY, N.M. — A California-based hypersonic missile company could soon build a new production and testing facility in Sandoval County. The project, titled “Project Ranger,” would involve ...

DARPA and the US Air Force have started the High Mach Gas Turbine (HMGT) program to develop reusable hypersonic planes. The core technology revolves around Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) ...