Modernization efforts at Crane include a $163M pyrotechnics facility and a $33M countermeasures flare facility.

February 13 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced its secretive Aerospace Projects Office (APO) is developing a large hypersonic bomber prototype as part of the Next ...

Russian military exercises near NATO borders follow the recent incursion of Russian drones into the airspace of Poland and Romania, further stoking tensions with the West.

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 shifts the edge back ...

DeMarco said that further details about the drone can’t be released yet, although a spokesperson later told The War Zone that the name will be released “at or near initial flight.” As in many of its ...

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 ...

Startup Hermeus is developing hypersonic propulsion system for their Quarterhorse and Darkhorse vehicles. This could be achieving mach 5 speeds in 2026 to 2027. Quarterhorse Development Timeline: Mk 1 ...

The European Space Agency is throwing its weight behind a design effort for a hypersonic spaceplane, with hopes of getting the final idea airborne (and spaceborne) by 2031. The ESA is putting up ...

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 ...