The US Air Force has announced the first successful test detonation of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon’s warhead. The test, which happened “recently”, was carried out by the… Continue reading "AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Warhead Detonated For First Time"
The United States Air Force’s top acquisition official has said that the Air Force will end its AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon program after test flights of the last two… Continue reading "The US Air Force’s ARRW Hypersonic Weapon Won’t Proceed Past Testing"
The United States Air Force has announced that its AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon conducted a successful test flight on December 9. The test was the first time the prototype… Continue reading "ARRW Hypersonic Missile Passes First Operationally Configured Flight Test"
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a test launch of the S-520-RD1 sounding rocket on 24 July from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. According to JAXA, the… Continue reading "Japan Conducts first Successful Scramjet Engine Test"
The United States Air Force announced on Wednesday that it had conducted a second successful booster flight test of its hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). During the July… Continue reading "US Air Force Conducts Second Successful Hypersonic ARRW Booster Test"
At 11:01 PDT (06:01 UTC), Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California launched a Minotaur II+ missile from Test Pad 01, which then exploded 11 seconds later.… Continue reading "US Missile Launch Test Ends in Explosion"
On July 4, 2022, the Feitian-1 “飞天一号” hypersonic vehicle developed by the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Northwestern Polytechnical University successfully launched at a base in northwestern China. Demonstrating… Continue reading "China Tests New Hypersonic Vehicle with Transforming Engine"
A Boeing B-52H Stratofortress with the 419th Flight Test Squadron, flying out of Edwards Air Force Base, California has successfully tested an AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, the US Air… Continue reading "US Air Force Successfully Tests AARW Hypersonic Missile"
The United States Air Force’s third booster flight test for its hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon has failed. All three booster flight tests for the hypersonic missile have failed,… Continue reading "Three For Three Failed ARRW Booster Flight Tests In 2021"
The Pentagon has confirmed that a test, on October 21, of a hypersonic missile under development failed due to a booster rocket malfunction, following reports of a failed hypersonic test… Continue reading "Hypersonic Booster Stack Failure Scuttles US Missile Test"