Stratolaunch LLC has successfully completed a third captive carry flight of the Talon-A separation test vehicle, TA-0. The flight was the tenth for the company’s launch platform Roc and marks […]
Hypersonic
Hypersonix selected by DIU for test vehicle
Hypersonix Launch Systems has been selected to provide hypersonic vehicles to the United States’ Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for testing. The Australian start-up was selected from a field of major […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s advanced scramjet engine powers hypersonic vehicle flight
In partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Lockheed Martin team, an advanced Aerojet Rocketdyne scramjet engine powered the recent flight (announced […]
Four Star General joins Vaya Space as senior advisor to the Board and Company
He brings global defense, investment banking, and industry leadership experience to support investment and expansion of Vaya’s technologies in both Space and Defense Vaya Space, Inc., the green Space and Defense […]
DARPA, AFRL, Lockheed Martin + Aerojet Rocketdyne team’s second Hypersonic weapon concept accomplishes all test objectives
DARPA’s latest HAWC flight test demos mature, affordable, hypersonic systems design + manufacturing techniques The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) […]
Hypersonic milestone completed by Hermeus
Hermeus has demonstrated turbojet to ramjet transition within their Chimera engine — this is one of the most important technological feats to making operational hypersonic flight a reality. Chimera is […]
Dynetics awarded a new contract to increase the pace of hypersonic flight testing
Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, has been awarded a contract to increase the capacity for America’s hypersonic flight testing. This program, known as Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed […]
L3Harris brings Maxar into their Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the SDA for the design + production of 14 spacecraft
Maxar Technologies of Westminster, Colorado, announced on August 9th the firm had been selected by L3Harris Technologies for the design and production of 14 spacecraft platforms and associated support for […]
Successful demo release by the USAF of the AGM-183A hypersonic missile
On July 12th, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has conducted another successful hypersonic test off the Southern California coast. The Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Booster Test Flight-3 was the 12th […]
U.S. Air Force Conducts Successful Hypersonic Weapon Test
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress successfully released an AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, off the Southern California coast on May 14th. Following separation from the aircraft, the […]