The U.S. military is revolutionizing missile technology with the introduction of the most powerful hypersonic missile, ...

DARPA recently tested a hypersonic missile, but did not say anything about the event until today. The test occurred in March, according to CNN , and followed one of a similar missile in September.

DARPA announced the end of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program with a final successful test flight that reached speeds over Mach 5. Skip to main content.

Artist’s concept of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapons Concept (HAWC) vehicle and booster. (Image: DARPA) Among the technologies of interest examined there are advanced air vehicle ...

Is any missile effectively “impossible to intercept,” or is that merely the newest myth in contemporary warfare? As Russia ...

Last week, DARPA successfully demonstrated a hypersonic missile. Released from a plane, the missile briefly fell, and then its powerful engine hurled it forwards, surpassing Mach 5, or five times ...

DARPA awarded Northrop Grumman $13 million to study defense against hypersonic weapons. Hypersonic weapons differ from other weapons in traveling at extremely high speeds through the atmosphere ...

The Pentagon carried out successful tests of two different hypersonic missiles systems recently, the US Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Wednesday.

DARPA seeks to "develop and demonstrate a technology that is critical for enabling an advanced interceptor capable of engaging maneuvering hypersonic threats in the upper atmosphere," the agency ...

Elsewhere in DARPA’s request for hypersonic technology development, the agency seeks $30 million for another joint Air Force program called Tactical Boost Glide. The program is developing tactical ...

Glide Breaker numbers among a few DARPA programs targeting the hypersonic realm. For example, the agency recently announced that a Lockheed Martin hypersonic missile prototype flew at five times ...

DARPA to develop hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' that would knock missile threats out of the sky. ... DARPA recently asked for $13.27 million for an unmanned flying gun that could handle airborne or ...