UDRI performs Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of hypersonic flows in order to better guide the design process. CFD allows iteration and flexibility within a given design space, thus ...

and/or time-critical threats [such as road-mobile missiles] when other forces are unavailable, denied access, or not preferred.” Critics, on the other hand, contend that hypersonic weapons lack ...

Years later, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a state-run institution, broke the news of the groundbreaking hypersonic flight on a social media post in December 2024, according to reporting by the ...

Donald Trump was expected to approve an Israel-style “Iron Dome” to protect America from hypersonic missile attacks. An ...

Hypersonic developer Stratolaunch has received a substantial US government contract to expand testing of its reusable Talon-A prototype, including testing related to missile-defence initiatives.

Stratolaunch is upgrading its 747 carrier platform to support test flights of its hypersonic Talon-A vehicle ... with a focus on the Air Force and Space Force. She has reported on some of ...