Featured in HypersonicBYJoseph TrevithickNov 5, 2020ShareNew Images Of Chinese Bomber Carrying Huge Mystery Missile Point To Hypersonic CapabilityNewly visible details further indicate that China is developing an air-launched hypersonic weapon, one that may be air-breathing. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 17, 2020ShareVideo Of Chinese Missile Carrier Jet Hauling What Appears To Be A Hypersonic Weapon EmergesThe video could be the first visual evidence that China is actively testing an air-launched hypersonic weapon. BYTyler RogowayOct 17, 2020ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 28, 2020ShareIs This Concept Art Of A Mysterious Space Launch Mothership A Missing Link In Area 51’s Past?There’s a long and colorful trail of circumstantial evidence, rumor, historical context, and patent info that points to such an aircraft existing. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 28, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 23, 2020ShareAir Force’s Mayhem Project Tied To Hypersonic Engines For Planes Such As The SR-72The service wants these hypersonic demonstrators to have advanced air-breathing jet engines at their core. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 23, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 19, 2020ShareAir Force Eyes Adding Nuclear-Armed Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles To Its Future ICBMsAt present, all other hypersonic weapons of this type that the US military is developing are conventionally armed. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 19, 2020ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020ShareIs The Stargazer Air-Launch Mothership About To Test A Secretive Air Force Payload?Typically used to launch rockets to put small satellites in orbit, Stargazer may be working on a classified hypersonic or space launch program. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareCheck Out This B-52 Stratofortress Carrying Two AGM-183 Hypersonic Test MissilesThe USAF just completed the last captive carry flight of what’s slated to become the service’s first hypersonic weapon. Launch tests are next. BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 6, 2020ShareAir Force Eyes Hypersonic VIP Passenger Aircraft In New Deal With Aviation StartupThe company is also developing an advanced high-speed jet engine to power the prospective design. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 6, 2020ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Jamie HunterJul 13, 2020ShareHere Is Our First Look At One Of Boeing’s New F-15EX Eagle Fighter Jets For The Air ForceAir Force just awarded Boeing a contract worth nearly $23 billion related to these aircraft, which includes the purchase of the first lot. BYJoseph Trevithick and Jamie HunterJul 13, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareWhat’s The Deal With Lockheed’s Gabbing About The Secretive Hypersonic SR-72?Could the exotic and shadowy jet concept be much further along in development than Lockheed is letting on? BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020ShareThis Blue Angel Flyby Is How Top Gun 2 Captured That Crazy Hypersonic Jet Takeoff SceneUsing a very real F/A-18 Hornet to figure out how to capture the sequence gave the movie’s production team what they needed to make the magic happen. BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 5, 2020ShareWe Talk Giant V-Shaped Airships, Space, And Phoenix Lights With JP Aerospace’s FounderAfter years of flying exotic airships, the company plans to create massive orbital platforms and V-shaped airships that float slowly up to space. BYBrett TingleyFeb 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareVandenberg AFB’s Space Shuttle Processing Facility Now Has A Very Mysterious MissionThe base’s old Orbiter Processing Facility offers high security and isolation, as well as ease of operations and access to vast sanitized airspace. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareChina’s High-Speed Drone Is Rocket-Powered And All About Doing What Satellites Can’tThe aircraft is designed to rapidly gather intel in contested areas by surprise and especially when key satellites are no longer operational. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 16, 2019ShareChina Appears Set To Unveil Very High-Speed Drone During Big Military Parade In BeijingThe drone is similar to ones that have been spotted in satellite images in recent years, which could indicate it is approaching an operational state. BYTyler RogowaySep 16, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 7, 2019ShareThis Video Of A Rocket Sled Doing 6,599mph At Holloman AFB Is Absolute InsanityThe sound alone of something ripping by at hypersonic speed just feet above the desert floor is worth the click! BYTyler RogowaySep 7, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 27, 2019ShareDARPA Starts Work On “Glide Breaker” Hypersonic Weapons Defense ProjectThe program’s main goal is to find ways to make America’s enemies think twice before using hypersonic weapons. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 27, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 17, 2019SharePentagon’s New Nuclear Strategy Is Unsustainable And A Handout To Defense IndustryConsidering the arsenal we have is extremely costly to maintain not to mention update, expanding it will be fiscally unsustainable in the long run. BYTyler RogowayMay 17, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2018ShareTrump Is Alarmed By His Own Defense Spending And He Should BeThe reality is that the U.S. will soon owe more annually in interest on the national debt than the cost of the entire defense budget. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 21, 2018ShareVideo Appears To Show China Testing Hypersonic Glide Vehicles Via High Altitude BalloonThe payload adapter on the balloon contains shapes that match the hypersonic glide vehicle configurations China has shown off in the past. BYTyler RogowaySep 21, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 5, 2018ShareThe Pentagon Spent Decades Developing Hypersonic Anti-Tank Missiles, Then They VanishedAfter nearly 40 years of development, the hypersonic anti-tank missile disappeared. Now it’s more relevant than ever before. So where is it? BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 5, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 31, 2018ShareAir Force Puts Out Contract Opportunity Announcement For Literally Anything HypersonicThe USAF is swinging the door open for contractors big and small to potentially get a piece of the rapidly growing hypersonic weapons pie. BYTyler RogowayAug 31, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJun 8, 2018ShareWhat Secretive Anti-Ship Missile Did China Hack From The U.S. Navy?Details surrounding the Navy’s Sea Dragon program remain scarce, but there are some distinct possibilities. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJun 8, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2018SharePutin’s Air-Launched Hypersonic Weapon Appears To Be A Modified Iskander Ballistic MissileRussia seems to have adapted their Iskander short-range ballistic missile for launch from the belly of a MiG-31 Foxhound. BYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018ShareStrategic Command Boss Makes Case For Satellites Capable Of Tracking Hypersonic VehiclesA previously unknown satellite sensor called the Midcourse Tracking Sensor could target ballistic missiles and discriminate between decoys as well. BYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 2, 2018ShareBoeing’s Hypersonic Valkyrie Will Likely Struggle To Catch Up With Lockheed’s SR-72Years after Lockheed unveiled its SR-72 concept, Boeing has thrown its helmet into the hypersonic plane ring. BYTyler RogowayFeb 2, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017ShareLet’s Talk About The Supposed Sighting Of A Skunk Works Hypersonic Test AircraftThe report on the advanced state of the hypersonic aircraft program seems credible, but the part about the sighting at Plant 42 is far less so. BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017Share12
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 5, 2020ShareNew Images Of Chinese Bomber Carrying Huge Mystery Missile Point To Hypersonic CapabilityNewly visible details further indicate that China is developing an air-launched hypersonic weapon, one that may be air-breathing. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 17, 2020ShareVideo Of Chinese Missile Carrier Jet Hauling What Appears To Be A Hypersonic Weapon EmergesThe video could be the first visual evidence that China is actively testing an air-launched hypersonic weapon. BYTyler RogowayOct 17, 2020Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 28, 2020ShareIs This Concept Art Of A Mysterious Space Launch Mothership A Missing Link In Area 51’s Past?There’s a long and colorful trail of circumstantial evidence, rumor, historical context, and patent info that points to such an aircraft existing. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 28, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 23, 2020ShareAir Force’s Mayhem Project Tied To Hypersonic Engines For Planes Such As The SR-72The service wants these hypersonic demonstrators to have advanced air-breathing jet engines at their core. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 23, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 19, 2020ShareAir Force Eyes Adding Nuclear-Armed Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles To Its Future ICBMsAt present, all other hypersonic weapons of this type that the US military is developing are conventionally armed. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 19, 2020Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020ShareIs The Stargazer Air-Launch Mothership About To Test A Secretive Air Force Payload?Typically used to launch rockets to put small satellites in orbit, Stargazer may be working on a classified hypersonic or space launch program. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareCheck Out This B-52 Stratofortress Carrying Two AGM-183 Hypersonic Test MissilesThe USAF just completed the last captive carry flight of what’s slated to become the service’s first hypersonic weapon. Launch tests are next. BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 6, 2020ShareAir Force Eyes Hypersonic VIP Passenger Aircraft In New Deal With Aviation StartupThe company is also developing an advanced high-speed jet engine to power the prospective design. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 6, 2020Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Jamie HunterJul 13, 2020ShareHere Is Our First Look At One Of Boeing’s New F-15EX Eagle Fighter Jets For The Air ForceAir Force just awarded Boeing a contract worth nearly $23 billion related to these aircraft, which includes the purchase of the first lot. BYJoseph Trevithick and Jamie HunterJul 13, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareWhat’s The Deal With Lockheed’s Gabbing About The Secretive Hypersonic SR-72?Could the exotic and shadowy jet concept be much further along in development than Lockheed is letting on? BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020ShareThis Blue Angel Flyby Is How Top Gun 2 Captured That Crazy Hypersonic Jet Takeoff SceneUsing a very real F/A-18 Hornet to figure out how to capture the sequence gave the movie’s production team what they needed to make the magic happen. BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 5, 2020ShareWe Talk Giant V-Shaped Airships, Space, And Phoenix Lights With JP Aerospace’s FounderAfter years of flying exotic airships, the company plans to create massive orbital platforms and V-shaped airships that float slowly up to space. BYBrett TingleyFeb 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareVandenberg AFB’s Space Shuttle Processing Facility Now Has A Very Mysterious MissionThe base’s old Orbiter Processing Facility offers high security and isolation, as well as ease of operations and access to vast sanitized airspace. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareChina’s High-Speed Drone Is Rocket-Powered And All About Doing What Satellites Can’tThe aircraft is designed to rapidly gather intel in contested areas by surprise and especially when key satellites are no longer operational. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 16, 2019ShareChina Appears Set To Unveil Very High-Speed Drone During Big Military Parade In BeijingThe drone is similar to ones that have been spotted in satellite images in recent years, which could indicate it is approaching an operational state. BYTyler RogowaySep 16, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 7, 2019ShareThis Video Of A Rocket Sled Doing 6,599mph At Holloman AFB Is Absolute InsanityThe sound alone of something ripping by at hypersonic speed just feet above the desert floor is worth the click! BYTyler RogowaySep 7, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 27, 2019ShareDARPA Starts Work On “Glide Breaker” Hypersonic Weapons Defense ProjectThe program’s main goal is to find ways to make America’s enemies think twice before using hypersonic weapons. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 27, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 17, 2019SharePentagon’s New Nuclear Strategy Is Unsustainable And A Handout To Defense IndustryConsidering the arsenal we have is extremely costly to maintain not to mention update, expanding it will be fiscally unsustainable in the long run. BYTyler RogowayMay 17, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2018ShareTrump Is Alarmed By His Own Defense Spending And He Should BeThe reality is that the U.S. will soon owe more annually in interest on the national debt than the cost of the entire defense budget. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 21, 2018ShareVideo Appears To Show China Testing Hypersonic Glide Vehicles Via High Altitude BalloonThe payload adapter on the balloon contains shapes that match the hypersonic glide vehicle configurations China has shown off in the past. BYTyler RogowaySep 21, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 5, 2018ShareThe Pentagon Spent Decades Developing Hypersonic Anti-Tank Missiles, Then They VanishedAfter nearly 40 years of development, the hypersonic anti-tank missile disappeared. Now it’s more relevant than ever before. So where is it? BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 5, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 31, 2018ShareAir Force Puts Out Contract Opportunity Announcement For Literally Anything HypersonicThe USAF is swinging the door open for contractors big and small to potentially get a piece of the rapidly growing hypersonic weapons pie. BYTyler RogowayAug 31, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJun 8, 2018ShareWhat Secretive Anti-Ship Missile Did China Hack From The U.S. Navy?Details surrounding the Navy’s Sea Dragon program remain scarce, but there are some distinct possibilities. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJun 8, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2018SharePutin’s Air-Launched Hypersonic Weapon Appears To Be A Modified Iskander Ballistic MissileRussia seems to have adapted their Iskander short-range ballistic missile for launch from the belly of a MiG-31 Foxhound. BYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018ShareStrategic Command Boss Makes Case For Satellites Capable Of Tracking Hypersonic VehiclesA previously unknown satellite sensor called the Midcourse Tracking Sensor could target ballistic missiles and discriminate between decoys as well. BYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 2, 2018ShareBoeing’s Hypersonic Valkyrie Will Likely Struggle To Catch Up With Lockheed’s SR-72Years after Lockheed unveiled its SR-72 concept, Boeing has thrown its helmet into the hypersonic plane ring. BYTyler RogowayFeb 2, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017ShareLet’s Talk About The Supposed Sighting Of A Skunk Works Hypersonic Test AircraftThe report on the advanced state of the hypersonic aircraft program seems credible, but the part about the sighting at Plant 42 is far less so. BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017Share