While Iran has been shaken by public protests calling for the regime’s downfall, a third announcement about the controversial missile program was made this week. According to the Iranian official… Continue reading "Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps Claims That It Is Developing a Hypersonic Ballistic Missile"
The United States Air Force announced Thursday that it had awarded Raytheon Missiles and Defense a $985.3 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile. The HACM… Continue reading "Raytheon Awarded Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile Development Contract"
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Other Transactional (OT) Agreements to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon Missiles and Defense for its Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). The system is meant… Continue reading "MDA Selects Three Companies For Its Hypersonic Defense Missile"
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"
The Russian Navy has reportedly fired a Tsircon hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine for the first time in the Barents Sea, according to a statement released by the Russian… Continue reading "Russia Launches Hypersonic ‘Tsirkon’ Missile From Nuclear Submarine For The First Time"
The Russian Ministry has released footage of the reequipping of some of their strategic missile forces with the new Avanguard hypersonic delivery system. The missiles with Avanguard are being deployed… Continue reading "Russian Missile Forces Deploying More Avanguard Hypersonic Nuclear Delivery Systems"
With fears of Chinese capabilities in mind, the Australian Defence Minister has announced that Australia will partner with the US in the development of hypersonic cruise missiles. The project will… Continue reading "Australia and US to jointly Develop Hypersonic Cruise Missile"
DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, earlier this month announced a major milestone has been achieved in the development of the HAWK or Hyper-sonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept for the… Continue reading "HAWC Hypersonic Cruise Missile Readies for Free-Flight Testing"
At 11:03AM local time at the Abdul Kalim Testing Range, India proudly launched its first hypersonic missile successfully. The Hypersonic Test Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV), launched from its testing pad and… Continue reading "India Successfully Launches its HSTDV – First Hypersonic Scramjet Powered Missile"
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Thursday that Russia had used an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile in an attack on Ukraine that took place in the early hours of Thursday.… Continue reading "Putin: Experimental Ballistic Missile Used In Thursday Attack On Ukraine"