USS Zumwalt Destroyer Prepares for Hypersonic Missiles
One of the 155 mm AGS main guns on the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) has been removed to integrate CPS hypersonic boost-glide missiles.
hypersonic News
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Weapon / Missile
Japan Joins Germany and France for Railgun Development
Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) of Japan has joined the French-German consortium to develop railguns.
Weapon / Missile
AFRL Eyes Reusable Hypersonic Technologies
With the conclusion on AGM-183A ARRW rocket-boosted hypersonic glide weapon, AFRL is eyeing reusable hypersonic technologies for the 2030s.
Weapon / Missile
U.K.: Russia Launches Hypersonic Zircon Missiles from Land
The U.K. Defence Ministry reported that Russia might have 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles from a K-300 Bastion coastal defence missile launcher.
Weapon / Missile
Japan to Develop Interceptor Against Hypersonic Missiles
Japan has revealed a ¥75 billion (Roughly $526.7 million) funding for developing interceptors to counter the hypersonic missile threat.
Defence Politics
Japan Boosts its Defence: $53B Budget Request
Japan boosts its defence as the ministry requested a record budget worth $53 billion for the fiscal year 2024 to be presented to the Parliament in January.
Weapon / Missile
Kinzhal’s Patriot Revenge
Russian hypersonic missile Kinzhal has damaged the Ukrainian Patriot Air Defence System near Kyiv.
Weapon / Missile
US Struggles with Hypersonic Missiles
The US Air Force (USAF) has decided not to purchase the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response (ARRW) hypersonic weapon after a failed test of this missile.
Weapon / Missile
Russia Orders Additional Tsirkon Hypersonic Missiles
According to the Russian state-owned news agency TASS, the defence ministry has placed another order for Tsirkon hypersonic missiles. The first Tsirkon transaction was completed in the summer of 2021.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
China Displays Mach 7 hypersonic UAV
China displays MD-22 hypersonic drone mock-up at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Zhuhai Airshow.
Weapon / Missile
U.S. Air Force Selects Raytheon and Northrop Grumman to Deliver First HACM
US Air Force has selected Raytheon and Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM). HACM is a first-of-its-kind weapon designed with the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE), a U.S. and Australia project arrangement. Under this contract, the Raytheon Missiles & Defence and Northrop Grumman team will deliver operationally ready missiles to the USAF. The HACM is an air-breathing, scramjet-powered munition.
Weapon / Missile
DARPA Conducts First Test of the OpFires Ground-Launched Hypersonic Missile System
According to DARPA, the Operational Fires (OpFires) ground-launched hypersonic missile system has successfully executed its first flight test.
Weapon / Missile
U.S. Air Force conducts successful hypersonic weapon test
U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress successfully released an AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, off the Southern California coast on May 14.
Weapon / Missile
Tsirkon Destroys Target Over 400 Km Away
The Russian Frigate Admiral Gorshkov successfully test-launched the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from the White Sea and hit a sea target at more than 400 km.
