Featured in HAWCBYThomas NewdickApr 5, 2022ShareAmerica’s Latest Hypersonic Cruise Missile Made A Secret Test FlightThe first known flight of Lockheed Martin’s HAWC was kept quiet in an effort to avoid worsening relations with Russia. BYThomas NewdickApr 5, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickSep 29, 2021ShareHypersonic Missile Tests For The B-1 Bomber Are Coming Next Year According To BoeingIt is argued that an upgraded, hypersonic-missile-toting B-1 would help narrow the capability gap with Russia and China until the B-21 Raider arrives. BYThomas NewdickSep 29, 2021ShareBYBrian O'Rourke and Joseph TrevithickSep 27, 2021ShareDARPA Reveals Successful Hypersonic Cruise Missile Flight Test Has OccurredThe announcement of the successful flight test follows months of delays for the highly classified program. BYBrian O'Rourke and Joseph TrevithickSep 27, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickMar 5, 2021ShareNavy Mysteriously Cancels Plan To Arm Jets With “Screaming Arrow” Hypersonic Anti-Ship MissileThree days after it was disclosed, the Navy’s scramjet-powered anti-ship missile program is apparently no more. BYThomas NewdickMar 5, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2020ShareAustralia Teams Up With U.S. To Get Hypersonic Missiles For Its Super Hornets In Five YearsPlans call for the rapid prototyping of a new air-breathing long-range missile for the Royal Australian Air Force. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 1, 2020ShareTest Aircraft Have Been Lugging DARPA’s Prototype Hypersonic Cruise Missiles AroundLive flight tests of these secretive air-breathing hypersonic weapons could be imminent. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 1, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2020ShareAir Force Wants To Use External Pylons To Arm The B-1B Bomber With 31 Hypersonic MissilesThe configuration would revolutionize the B-1’s standoff strike capability and it would keep the jet relevant as it enters the twilight of its career. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020ShareAir Force Boss Alludes To Work On New Top Secret Air-Launched Anti-Ship WeaponsThe US military sees the ability to reach out with airpower and take out enemy ships as increasingly critical to beating a major adversary. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2019ShareAir Force Reveals Tests Of Supposed Record-Setting Scramjet Engine From Northrop GrummanThe new design produced more thrust than any other air-breathing hypersonic engine the Air Force has ever tested, at least publicly. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 18, 2019ShareNorthrop And Raytheon Have Been Secretly Working On Scramjet Powered Hypersonic MissileThe weapon, which uses an entirely 3D-printed scramjet engine, is set to fly for the first time in “the near future.” BYJoseph TrevithickJun 18, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 18, 2019ShareThe B-52 Looks Set To Become The USAF’s Hypersonic Weapons Truck Of ChoiceThe rise of hypersonic weapons gives the bombers a new and highly critical mission that no other U.S. combat aircraft is as well suited to perform. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 18, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 13, 2019ShareB-52 Bomber Flies For The First Time With New Hypersonic Missile Under Its WingThe AGM-183A is one of at least three hypersonic weapons the Air Force wants to add to the bomber’s arsenal in the coming years. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 13, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 7, 2019ShareNew Lockheed Concept Shows Navy F-35C Armed With Hypersonic Cruise MissilesThe missile would be a follow-on version of a weapon Lockheed Martin is already developing for the Air Force. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 7, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2018ShareAmerican Hypersonic Weapons Could Shower Their Targets In Deadly FragmentsWith advanced fragmentation warheads, the fast-flying weapons could destroy a group of disparate targets types arrayed over a finite area. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2018ShareThe Air Force Wants Its B-52s To Carry Mysterious 20,000lb Weapons Under Their WingsThe service says the bombers need new underwing pylons for particularly heavy bombs or missiles, but hasn’t identified any specific types. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2018Share
BYThomas NewdickApr 5, 2022ShareAmerica’s Latest Hypersonic Cruise Missile Made A Secret Test FlightThe first known flight of Lockheed Martin’s HAWC was kept quiet in an effort to avoid worsening relations with Russia. BYThomas NewdickApr 5, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickSep 29, 2021ShareHypersonic Missile Tests For The B-1 Bomber Are Coming Next Year According To BoeingIt is argued that an upgraded, hypersonic-missile-toting B-1 would help narrow the capability gap with Russia and China until the B-21 Raider arrives. BYThomas NewdickSep 29, 2021Share
BYBrian O'Rourke and Joseph TrevithickSep 27, 2021ShareDARPA Reveals Successful Hypersonic Cruise Missile Flight Test Has OccurredThe announcement of the successful flight test follows months of delays for the highly classified program. BYBrian O'Rourke and Joseph TrevithickSep 27, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickMar 5, 2021ShareNavy Mysteriously Cancels Plan To Arm Jets With “Screaming Arrow” Hypersonic Anti-Ship MissileThree days after it was disclosed, the Navy’s scramjet-powered anti-ship missile program is apparently no more. BYThomas NewdickMar 5, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2020ShareAustralia Teams Up With U.S. To Get Hypersonic Missiles For Its Super Hornets In Five YearsPlans call for the rapid prototyping of a new air-breathing long-range missile for the Royal Australian Air Force. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 1, 2020ShareTest Aircraft Have Been Lugging DARPA’s Prototype Hypersonic Cruise Missiles AroundLive flight tests of these secretive air-breathing hypersonic weapons could be imminent. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 1, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2020ShareAir Force Wants To Use External Pylons To Arm The B-1B Bomber With 31 Hypersonic MissilesThe configuration would revolutionize the B-1’s standoff strike capability and it would keep the jet relevant as it enters the twilight of its career. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020ShareAir Force Boss Alludes To Work On New Top Secret Air-Launched Anti-Ship WeaponsThe US military sees the ability to reach out with airpower and take out enemy ships as increasingly critical to beating a major adversary. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2019ShareAir Force Reveals Tests Of Supposed Record-Setting Scramjet Engine From Northrop GrummanThe new design produced more thrust than any other air-breathing hypersonic engine the Air Force has ever tested, at least publicly. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 18, 2019ShareNorthrop And Raytheon Have Been Secretly Working On Scramjet Powered Hypersonic MissileThe weapon, which uses an entirely 3D-printed scramjet engine, is set to fly for the first time in “the near future.” BYJoseph TrevithickJun 18, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 18, 2019ShareThe B-52 Looks Set To Become The USAF’s Hypersonic Weapons Truck Of ChoiceThe rise of hypersonic weapons gives the bombers a new and highly critical mission that no other U.S. combat aircraft is as well suited to perform. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 18, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 13, 2019ShareB-52 Bomber Flies For The First Time With New Hypersonic Missile Under Its WingThe AGM-183A is one of at least three hypersonic weapons the Air Force wants to add to the bomber’s arsenal in the coming years. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 13, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 7, 2019ShareNew Lockheed Concept Shows Navy F-35C Armed With Hypersonic Cruise MissilesThe missile would be a follow-on version of a weapon Lockheed Martin is already developing for the Air Force. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 7, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2018ShareAmerican Hypersonic Weapons Could Shower Their Targets In Deadly FragmentsWith advanced fragmentation warheads, the fast-flying weapons could destroy a group of disparate targets types arrayed over a finite area. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2018ShareThe Air Force Wants Its B-52s To Carry Mysterious 20,000lb Weapons Under Their WingsThe service says the bombers need new underwing pylons for particularly heavy bombs or missiles, but hasn’t identified any specific types. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2018Share
