Defense technology company Castelion on January 21 announced the launch of Project Ranger, a 1,000-acre hypersonic manufacturing campus in Sandoval County aimed at supporting high-cadence production of hypersonic strike systems.
Castelion has broken ground on Project Ranger, a 1,000-acre hypersonic manufacturing campus in Sandoval County aimed at high-cadence production of hypersonic strike systems.
Stratolaunch has completed a significant capital raise to accelerate growth and expand hypersonic capability at scale, welcoming Elliott Investment Management L.P. as a new partner alongside existing investor Cerberus Capital Management.
The United States Army has missed its deadline to field the Dark Eagle hypersonic missile, confirming that the first U.S. ground-based hypersonic weapon will not be deployed until early 2026.
According to a press release from NASA, two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 aircraft have joined the flight research fleet at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
The People’s Liberation Army of China released in late December 2025 the first footage showing live firing of the new YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile.
On 11 December, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center’s Aerophysics Research Facility successfully conducted a hypersonic test to evaluate its new rainfield simulator.
Lockheed Martin has opened a 17,000-square-foot Hypersonics System Integration Lab at its Huntsville campus, marking a major addition to the company’s work in high-speed defence technologies.
North Korea fired two hypersonic missiles on Wednesday, drawing condemnation from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, which called the launches “unlawful and destabilizing.”
The HYDIS programme is co-funded by the European Union through the European Defence Fund and by the four participating countries.
U.S. defence firm Castelion has secured contracts with the U.S. Army and Navy to integrate its hypersonic Blackbeard weapon system onto operational platforms.
GE Aerospace has announced the successful demonstration of two rotating detonation combustion (RDC) engines at its Aerospace Research Center in Niskayuna, New York.
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