The U.S. Navy's expensive effort to install hypersonic missiles on three Zumwalt-class destroyers is two years behind ...

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) arrives at Ingalls Shipbuilding sailing past the under-construction Bougainville (LHA-8) on Aug. 19, 2023. HII Photo The shipyard set to install hypersonic missiles on ...

The rules of naval warfare are being rewritten. Hypersonic missiles — weapons that travel at speeds exceeding Mach 5 while ...

February 13 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced its secretive Aerospace Projects Office (APO) is developing a large hypersonic bomber prototype as part of the Next ...

The guided-missile destroyer Zumwalt arrived at HII in Pascagoula, Miss., Aug. 19 to undergo a modernization period. (HII) The guided-missile destroyer Zumwalt, which arrived at its new home port in ...

The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since ...

The US military is reportedly considering sending its long-range hypersonic missile to the Middle East — to possibly strike ballistic missile launchers embedded in Iran. The request, which was made by ...

Speed is paramount in designing missiles, so engineers have worked for years to improve how fast a missile can fly. The goal is to strike a target without warning, so the faster an object, the harder ...

Hypersonic weapons are frequently described as having unique, game-changing capabilities because they combine hypersonic speeds (more than five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5) with long-distance ...

US Central Command has asked to send the Army’s long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran, seeking a longer-range system to hit ballistic-missile ...