Hypersonic Weapons
Hypersonic weapon · Hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV): missile warheads which maneuver and glide through the atmosphere at high speeds after an initial ballistic ...
Fact Sheet: Hypersonic Weapons
A hypersonic weapon is merely something that travels at Mach-5 or faster, or at least five times the speed of sound.
Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress
The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a ...
Hypersonic weapons travel faster than five times the speed of sound — Mach 5 — covering vast distances in minutes. Hard to stop, they fly and nimbly maneuver ...
Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) ... LRHW will leverage the common hypersonic glide body and introduce a new class of ultrafast and maneuverable long-range ...
U.S. Hypersonic Weapons and Alternatives
HTML Format - At a Glance The Army, Navy, and Air Force are each developing hypersonic missiles—nonnuclear offensive weapons that fly faster ...
Engineering a Future Safe from Hypersonic Threats
"A hypersonic weapon starts out on a ballistic trajectory, but once it separates from its booster, it 'bends over' and begins a flatter phase of flight called ...
Russia's Hypersonic Weapons ... Russia is developing at least three hypersonic weapons that are operational or approaching operational status. These systems, ...
Fearing China's hypersonic weapons, US Navy seeks to arm ships ...
Fearing China will deploy hypersonic weapons to sink ships in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy is moving forward with a plan to arm some of its ...
Hypersonic weapons are mediocre. It's time to stop wasting money ...
In 2011, the HTV-2 flight test ended in a failure when it attempted to reach Mach 20 and the Falcon project was discontinued.
Hypersonic Weapons Summit 2024 | Sheraton Hotel, Reston, Vir
IDGA's Hypersonic Weapons Summit in September brings together experts from the DoD, academia and industry to better achieve the goals of the US in ...
General Says Countering Hypersonic Weapons Is Imperative
Hypersonic weapons are extremely difficult to detect and counter given the weapons' speed and maneuverability, low flight paths and unpredictable trajectories.
Hypersonic Weapons: DOD Could Reduce Cost and Schedule ...
What GAO Found. The Department of Defense (DOD) is increasingly investing in the development of hypersonic weapons. These weapons' unique ...
China possesses one operational hypersonic missile, has tested several others, and maintains an active research and development program.
US tests hypersonic missile in Pacific as it aims to keep up ... - CNN
The test of the hypersonic weapon, officially called the All-Up-Round AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), was conducted at the ...
Hypersonic weapons - in particular, hypersonic boost-glide vehicles and hypersonic cruise missiles - are rapidly becoming a reality. China, Russia, the United ...
GAO-24-106792, HYPERSONIC WEAPONS: DOD Could Reduce ...
All six offensive hypersonic weapon efforts GAO identified have placed a high priority on delivering quickly, with all intending to deliver ...
Hypersonic Weapons - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A new arms race is afoot. China, Russia, and the United States are aggressively pursuing the development and deployment of advanced hypersonic weapons, ...
Hypersonic weapons: Revolutionary or just new? | Article - Army.mil
The US Air Force is set to demonstrate the hypersonic X-51A Waverider, which is designed to ride on its own shock wave and accelerate to about Mach 6.
U.S. Hypersonic Weapons and Alternatives
CBO analyzes the hypersonic missiles being developed by the U.S. military and compares them with less expensive existing or potential ...