US flies reusable hypersonic test vehicle for second time

America Tests Potential New Superweapon As War Fears Mount: DETAIL

The United States of America appears to expand its hypersonic capabilities.The pursuit of hypersonic weapons is a high priority for the Chinese, Russians and the United States. While the USA has the world's greatest military arsenal, there are concerns that the Chinese are racing ahead when it comes to hypersonic technology.It now appears that the Pentagon and the USA might be closing the gap.Stratolaunch, an aerospace company, recently announce…

This US Company Just Successfully Tested a Reusable Hypersonic Rocket Plane

Stratolaunch completed two flights of its autonomous Talon-A2 rocket plane earlier this year, as the US aims to gain ground in its race for hypersonic supremacy with China.

Pentagon Reveals Its Secretive New Talon-A Hypersonic Test Vehicle Has Completed a Second Experimental Flight

The Pentagon has revealed the completion of a second successful flight of a new reusable hypersonic test vehicle, marking a significant advancement in the nation’s development of advanced hypersonic technologies. The successful test flight, conducted in March by the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) in collaboration with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane), was announced earlier this we…

US Gains Ground in Hypersonic Arms Race

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s the US breaking past Mach 5 — flying at speeds five times faster than the speed of sound — and catching up to China and Russia in hypersonic military technology. The Department of Defense on Monday announced that its Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) completed two flights of a recoverable hypersonic test vessel, marking the nation’s return to experimenting with such aircraft for the first time since 1968.…

Stunning Air Force Breakthrough Means Mach 5 SR-72 Darkstar Could Be a Bomber

Key Points: The SR-72 “Darkstar,” envisioned as the Mach 5+ hypersonic successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, is primarily designed for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and potentially strategic strike missions using weapons like the High-Speed Strike Weapon. -Its extreme speed, enabled by an advanced turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine, aims to penetrate sophisticated air defenses. -Despite […] The post Stunning Air Force Bre…

Reduced funding slows MDA’s hypersonic interceptor development

The Missile Defense Agency is facing a roughly three-year delay in its plan to deliver an interceptor capable of defeating a hypersonic weapon in the glide phase of flight, according to its director.In an attempt to mitigate the delay, the agency truncated a competitive development effort years’ early, choosing one team to go it alone to design and build the Glide Phase Interceptor. But the program’s reduced funding levels have still slowed down…