L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will provide two key propulsion systems to Northrop Grumman to support the Missile Defense Agency’s Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program, a defensive weapon intended to defeat […]
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Australia set to become hypersonic flight testing home
Southern Launch and Hypersonix Launch Systems are helping to cement South Australia’s position as the next global aerospace hub after signing a MoU to collaborate on a turnkey, hypersonic test […]
Hypersonix signs MoU with Nominal systems for Digital Twin prototype
Hypersonix Launch Systems has signed an MoU with Nominal Systems to develop Hyper Twin X™, a digital twin concept demonstrator of Hypersonix’s DART AE. The vehicle is set to launch […]
Northrop Grumman opens new hypersonic propulsion systems manufacturing facility
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has opened a Hypersonics Capability Center (HCC) in Elkton, Maryland, to produce advanced propulsion solutions that can power hypersonic missiles beyond Mach 5. The HCC […]
Hypersonix U.S. Patent issued for SPARTAN scramjet
Hypersonix has been awarded a U.S. patent for technology used in the company’s SPARTAN scramjet design. U.S. Patent Number US11639700B2 protects, for close to 20 years, some key features of […]
Rocket Lab intros their HASTE suborbital testbed launch vehicle
Rocket Lab has formally introduced the HASTE rocket (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron), a suborbital testbed launch vehicle derived from Rocket Lab’s heritage Electron rocket. HASTE provides reliable, high-cadence flight […]
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 […]
The launch of a supersonic scramjet engine test is completed by JAXA
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, has successfully test-launched a small research rocket that conducted tests for a future, supersonic, scramjet engine. JAXA is researching this engine that uses atmospheric […]
Scramjet-powered HAWC achieves a successful 2nd flight test by Raytheon + Northrop Grumman
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, in partnership with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), successfully completed their second flight test of the scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, […]