The U.S. Department of Defense has disclosed that it’s still unclear about the lethal effects of the hypersonic missile ...

The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a part of its conventional prompt global strike ...

Silicon Valley’s enthusiasm for superfast weapons has picked up speed, with defense-tech startup Castelion raising $100 million through debt and equity to build hypersonic missile systems.

The hypersonic missile’s reported capabilities put US bases in Guam within reach, though Kim Jong-un insists it is purely defensive.

Castelion's Series A funding round raised $100 million, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and including several other firms.

The funding round is expected to close in February. Castelion is developing a mass-producible, long-range hypersonic weapon using rapid iterative design cycles, agile hardware development and ...

Hypersonic weapons travel beyond Mach 5 ... The Zumwalt was envisioned as providing land-attack capability with an Advanced Gun System with rocket-assisted projectiles to open the way for Marines ...

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 ...

The weapon's exact type was still being analyzed, officials said, but its characteristics appeared similar to those of a hypersonic missile tested twice last year. Hypersonic warheads can maneuver ...

China new machine gun: According to reports ... The speed of the fired projectiles is so high that it can also intercept hypersonic missiles traveling at speeds greater than Mach 7, i.e. almost ...

TOKYO -- Japan aims to strengthen defenses against hypersonic missiles, with plans to test the tracking capabilities of space-based infrared sensors, Nikkei has learned, as China and Russia make ...

Then, Michael Johns, senior vice president of the company Kratos, joins the show to discuss U.S. hypersonic weapons development and whether the nation is still lagging behind China and Russia.