The US Air Force is taking a significant step to improve the effectiveness of its B-1B Lancer bombers, also known as The Bone ...

The X-51A Waverider, shown here under the wing of a B-52 Stratobomber, is a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle that demonstrated speeds in excess of Mach 5 in the early 2010s. (U.S. Air Force ...

The U.S. Army is upgrading its combat-proven M142 HIMARS rocket launcher to fire hypersonic missiles, a significant leap in tactical firepower. -The new “Blackbeard” Ground Launch (GL) missile, ...

U.S. fighter jets and bombers will carry hypersonic cruise missiles in the near future as the U.S. Air Force initiated the search for companies that could help build an air-breathing hypersonic ...

A hypersonic Zircon cruise missile is fired from the guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov during a test at the Barents Sea, in this still image taken from a video released May 28, 2022.

US hypersonic missile passes test, puts ‘exclamation point’ on development program By . ... Hypersonic missiles travel at least five times the speed of sound and are being developed to strike ...

The hypersonic missile will be a game-changer for the US Air Force. The US' Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is now moving forward with the development of the first hypersonic weapon for ...

A US Air Force general said in 2021 that China had tested a hypersonic glide vehicle weapon that “went around the world,” while Russia fired a Zircon hypersonic cruise missile against Ukraine ...

The US and Japan have agreed to jointly develop a hypersonic missile defense system. Hypersonic weapons are outside the threat envelope of current missile defenses. The move is a major step for ...