“Hypersonic systems are now pushing the envelope in terms of maneuvering capability, maneuvering beyond what can be done by the human body," Krevor told Ars Technica. "Therefore, being able to perform ...

The original Hèrmes Birkin bag was auctioned and sold at Sotheby's Paris for a bid of €7 million ($8.2M).

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The U.S., Russia and China are in the middle of a hypersonic arms race — and right now, the U.S. is losing. But private companies are stepping up to develop hypersonic tech that shifts the edge ...

China has a hypersonic cruise missile, the DF-17, with an unconfirmed speed range between Mach 5 and 10. Reminiscent of Sputnik I flying high overhead in October 1957, folks in the West took ...

In March 2024, Talon-A1 launched for its first powered test flight, reaching hypersonic speeds that didn’t quite make it to Mach 5.Unlike Talon-A1, Stratolaunch’s latest prototype, Talon-A2 is ...

The United States successfully conducted a hypersonic missile defense test near Hawaii on Monday as Washington's adversaries are racing to field this type of superfast weapon.

Hypersonic weapons are classified as weapons that can travel five times as fast as the speed of sound or faster. There are 11 countries developing hypersonic missiles and of those 11, ...

The Pentagon is in the process of fitting the first-ever shipborn hypersonic missile system to a U.S. stealth destroyer once considered to be defunct. The USS Zumwalt is stationed at a Mississippi ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She ...

Following a lengthy delay as the U.S. Army and Navy struggled to test the round, the Army will field its long-range hypersonic weapon to the first unit by the end of fiscal 2025, a defense ...