Tag: hypersonic
Aerojet Rocketdyne to power DARPA’s hypersonic OpFires weapon system
Aerojet Rocketdyne announced it has been selected by Lockheed Martin to build an advanced solid rocket motor booster for the second stage...
DARPA seeks contractor for Glide Breaker hypersonic interceptor trials
The US Defense Advanced Research project Agency (DARPA) is seeking contractors for wind tunnel and flight testing of a hypersonic missile interceptor...
AUKUS partners expand cooperation to hypersonics, AI and cyber
Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States will be expanding their AUKUS agreement that was initially focused on delivering new nuclear-powered...
DARPA confirms successful test of Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept missile
After first reports of a secretly-held hypersonic missile test emerged earlier today, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) confirmed it...
US Air Force launches Bolt II sounding rocket for hypersonic research
The US Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFRL/AFOSR) have launched a new sounding rocket to collect...
US Navy, Army test hypersonic railgun-launched projectile interceptors
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) says it worked with the US Army and Navy to advance gun-launched defensive projectile interceptor designs by...
Australia opens hypersonics research precinct in Brisbane
The Australian defense ministry has officially opened the purpose-built Australian Hypersonics Research Precinct at Eagle Farm in Brisbane.
Australian...
US Air Force’s ARRW hypersonic weapon logs another unsuccessful flight test
This is the third known unsuccessful flight test of the AGM-183A hypersonic weapon.
Northrop Grumman to turn Global Hawks into hypersonic research support assets
The Pentagon has awarded Northrop Grumman a task order to reconfigure four US Air Force EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft for...
Stratolaunch to support US Missile Defense Agency’s hypersonic research
Stratolaunch, the maker of the world’s largest plane that serves as a launchpad for hypersonic and aerospace vehicles, announced it has been...
