Hypersonic missiles are a challenging technology to master because They are so fast that if the U.S. launched a scramjet[...] ...

-NASA’s X-43A was a black, wedge-shaped test vehicle that did something once thought impossible: it proved an air-breathing scramjet could fly at hypersonic speeds, reaching Mach 7 and then Mach 9.6 ...

Hypersonic flight may seem like the biggest shove to the envelope since the sound barrier was broken in 1947 and rotating detonation may look like a quantum leap in propulsion, but combining the two ...

Hypersonic weapons are gaining global attention. Reports suggest China may be using advanced stainless steel alloys in missile components instead of costly aerospace materials. These missiles travel ...