The U.S. Air Force has ordered new external Load Adaptable Modular (LAM) pylons for its B‑1B Lancer bombers, aiming to significantly expand their capacity to carry hypersonic missiles.
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Dawn Aerospace said it has been selected to support the European Union’s Hypersonic Defence Interceptor (HYDEF) programme, aimed at developing the bloc’s first counter-hypersonic interceptor system.
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The U.S. Army has confirmed it will move the Blackbeard Ground Launch (GL) hypersonic strike weapon into its Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase, allocating $25 million under Project HX3.
The upgrades follow GE Aerospace’s recent success in rapidly developing and testing advanced propulsion systems, including a dual-mode ramjet completed within 11 months of conception.
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Lockheed Martin has received a contract modification worth up to $1 billion from the U.S. Department of Defense to further develop the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon system.
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The United States Department of Defense (DOD) has successfully conducted a second flight of a fully recoverable uncrewed hypersonic test vehicle in March 2025.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the successful completion of two test flights of its Advanced Hypersonic Technology Inertial Measurement Unit.
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The test campaign, conducted by the Leidos team, demonstrated the use of innovative hypersonic solutions that can be recovered and reused.
Stratolaunch has completed its second hypersonic flight with the fully autonomous Talon-A2 (TA-2) vehicle in March 2025.
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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Propulsion Division has awarded a $28,565,857 firm-fixed-price contract to American aerospace firm Ursa Major.
The U.S. Navy has successfully conducted an end-to-end flight test of a hypersonic missile using an advanced cold-gas launch system at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The U.S. Navy has announced the cancellation of its Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive (HALO) missile development programme, citing high costs as the primary reason.
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