During the August 2026 solar eclipse, scientists will be rushing to gather data on the sun, but even if you aren't a ...
Modern cinema relies very heavily on quadrotor drones, because they make for very smooth, very easy to position platforms. From slow pans to chase shots, drones are great– if your shots can ...
Amid what President Trump calls a "defense crisis," there was confusion during a Senate hearing to discuss the FY27 budget, when Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said his department's spending ...
Hypersonic flight could one day make long-haul travel as quick as a short movie. Researchers are testing how turbulence behaves at extreme speeds, a critical hurdle for designing these aircraft. Their ...
The company hopes to use Talon-A as a test platform for maturing new hypersonic technologies. US start-up Stratolaunch has completed another hypersonic flight with its reusable Talon-A vehicle. The ...
At first blush, it sounds like science fiction: supersonic jets able to traverse the vastness of the Pacific Ocean in under two hours. But recent tests by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ...
Hypersonic weapons are so fast, their speed can change the surrounding air molecules. They can carry a nuclear warhead, fly low and be hard to detect. Because of their potential to transform modern ...
The Air Force is looking to bring back the AGM-183 ARRW with $1 billion in funding until FY2030, while also beginning to work on an Air-Launched Ballistic Program (ALBM) derived from the ARRW. The U.S ...
Congress should consider tighter monitoring of costs for the Dark Eagle hypersonic missile program as it gets closer to fuller operational status, according to an April 7 report by the nonpartisan ...
Hypersonic missile launched from Cape Canaveral. Hypersonic weapons are those that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5. The U.S. has been developing hypersonic weapons since the early 2000s. Secretive ...