but the failure meant the test did not provide data about the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, the key component needed to develop a hypersonic weapon In May, the Air Force successfully carried out a ...

Earlier this year, a test of a hypersonic missile from the U.S. Air Force was abandoned after it was unable to complete its launch sequence. On March 19 last year, the Pentagon flight-tested ...

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron is prepared to conduct flight test of the Air Force's hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon at Edwards Air Force ...

The Missile Defense Agency awarded contracts to Raytheon and Northrop Grumman to continue development of its Glide Phase ...

Helmets used by aircrew were designed in the 1980s and not optimized for the equipment that are now mounted on them. The ...

The U.S. has so far spent roughly $10 billion to develop hypersonic weaponry over the past three years, Russia and China are ...