Air-launched hypersonic weapons in both glide and powered forms are back in favor, receiving an extra $741 million funding ...

LMT’s Conventional Prompt Strike is a hypersonic boost-glide missile currently under development, which boasts the capability to provide longer range, shorter flight times, and high ...

Notably, Rocket Lab’s HAEST (Hypersonic accelerator suborbital test electron) is a suborbital testbed launch vehicle that provides reliable, high-cadence flight test opportunities needed to boost ...

The CPS program is a hypersonic boost-glide missile system capable of speeds exceeding Mach 5 (roughly 3,800 mph). Lockheed Martin is the primary contractor, responsible for launcher systems ...

An artist’s rendering of two types of hypersonic missiles — a boost-glide version (left) and an air-breathing cruise missile. “Hypersonics are the flavor of the year at the Pentagon, but it ...

The B-52 Stratofortress has been flying for the Air Force for seven decades. New upgrades to keep it flying, though, have ...

The Air Force once saw ARRW, a boost-glide weapon made by Lockheed Martin, as a promising option for developing hypersonic weapons that could catch up with China’s and Russia’s programs.