A recent flight test of a prototype of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept set an endurance record for scramjet engines, the head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency told ...

Alliant Techsystems, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully ground-launched and flew a hypersonic scramjet-powered vehicle from the ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully launched its Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) scramjet missile last week. The free flight test of the missile was ...

A Raytheon-built, scramjet-powered, hypersonic cruise missile completed a free flight test last week, recording the first successful test of an air-breathing U.S. vehicle over Mach 5 since May 2013.

Seoul’s Hycore hypersonic cruise missile is being eyed for launch from warships, submarines, and aircraft, as well as from ...

Cutaway of Japan’s hypersonic missile concept. Credit: Chen Chuanren TOKYO—Japan has managed to attain “net-positive thrust” for the scramjet engine that will power its future hypersonic missile. This ...

ATLA is working to develop a scramjet engine to power various hypersonic vehicles, including a cruise missile. (ATLA/Japan MoD) Japan is preparing to conduct the first combustion flight test of its in ...

An Indian government defence laboratory has successfully tested a scramjet as part of efforts to develop hypersonic missiles. The Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) conducted the 120s ...

The world of hypersonic vehicles is getting increasingly interesting, with a number of companies already working on designs that should make high-Mach travel inside our planet's atmosphere a reality.

India's DRDL said it conducted long-duration active cooled scramjet subscale combustor ground testing for more than 1,000 seconds on 25 April. (DRDO) Months after it test-fired an active cooled ...

Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Northrop Grumman successfully test flew an air-breathing hypersonic missile on September 20, 2021. Part of a program for DARPA and the US Air Force, the Hypersonic ...

DARPA conducted a test of Raytheon's Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, earlier this month. (DARPA) FARNBOROUGH, England — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency this week ...