DefenceTalkDARPA, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, completed a free flight test of its Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) last week. The missile, built by Raytheon Technologies, was released from an aircraft seconds before its Northrop Grumman scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) engine kicked on. The engine compressed incoming air mixed with its hydrocarbon fuel […]

DefenceTalkChinese scientists have developed a new heat-resistant material for hypersonic aircraft which can endure over 3,000 C from friction caused by a Mach 5-20 flight within the atmosphere. The lead scientist on the project said the material outperforms all similar foreign-made ones with its high melting point, low density and high malleability. The new material […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-develops-unique-heat-resistant-material-for-hypersonic-aircraft-72290/

DefenceTalkChina has successfully developed and tested a cutting-edge waverider hypersonic aircraft, according to the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics in Beijing. The academy, part of the State-owned space contractor China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, announced on Friday that the first flight test of its Starry Sky 2, which it calls the nation’s first hypersonic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-claims-first-successful-test-of-hypersonic-aircraft-71787/

DefenceTalkScientific experiments carried out by China within its borders are normal, conducted according to a schedule, and are not directed against any specific country or target, the Ministry of National Defense said. The ministry’s press office was responding to a US media report claiming that China conducted a third test flight of a new hypersonic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-hypersonic-tests-target-no-specific-country-61124/

DefenceTalkThe final flight of the X-51A Waverider test program has accomplished a breakthrough in the development of flight reaching Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean May 1. “It was a full mission success,” said Charlie Brink, the X-51A program manager for the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate. The cruiser traveled more than 230 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/x-51a-waverider-achieves-breakthrough-in-final-flight-47678/