(MENAFN- Asia Times) The US Navy has killed its next-generation hypersonic missile, slamming the brakes on a once-promising development program amid soaring costs, shaky performance and China's ...

Even then, a hypersonic engine needs to operate at temperatures in the neighborhood of over 2,000 °C (3,632 °F). Even titanium alloys melt in that kind of heat.

China has “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal” that can threaten U.S. Navy ships, according to the Defense Department’s most recent report on Chinese military power.

Anglo-American researchers have completed tests on a propulsion system that should power a cutting-edge hypersonic missile before the end of the decade. What about Europe? Over the course of six ...

Despite all of her technical prowess, Ford is faced with a harsh reality: over the last two decades, China’s hypersonic missile technology has far outpaced America’s. Beijing has “the world ...

In the five short years since focusing on the concept, Andrew Duggleby, chief technology officer and co-founder of the pioneering hypersonic propulsion systems developer Venus Aerospace ...

Rocket Lab is becoming an even bigger player in the world of hypersonic technology. The militaries of the United States and the United Kingdom have both picked the California-based company as a ...

ALBAWABA- Millions of Israeli settlers rushed to bomb shelters after Yemen’s Houthis launched two hypersonic ballistic missiles toward Israel. According to Yedioth Ahronoth, air traffic at Ben ...

Western countries have trailed behind Russia and China in developing hypersonic weapons, expensive and difficult-to-produce systems able to travel upwards of five times the speed of sound ...

Last May the Ministry of Defence (MOD) signed a new framework, with up to £1 billion of funding over seven years to develop a sovereign hypersonic strike capability by 2030. The recent test highlights ...

(US Navy) The US Navy (USN) and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intercepted a simulated hypersonic target during a joint test and evaluation exercise on 24 March off the coast of Hawaii ...