DARPA and the US Air Force now want to take ... the Waverider had to be carried aloft by a B-52 bomber, but a hypersonic cruise missile small enough to be carried by a fighter jet would be faster ...

“The Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) program is a joint DARPA/U.S. Air Force (USAF) effort that aims to develop and demonstrate ...

In 2011, the DARPA Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) managed controlled flight at Mach 20 for several minutes before crashing into the Pacific. The intense heat at that speed peeled its skin ...

While testing a new system, DARPA unintentionally created a "rocket radar" that can detect objects reentering Earth's atmosphere.

In December 2024, Kratos also announced it was awarded a $6.5 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide flight testing for hypersonic research ...

DART AE still needs a rocket booster for initial acceleration. U.S. Department of Defense and DARPA are increasing efforts and funding for more hypersonic systems. New startups Venus Aerospace and ...

“Under research and development contracts with DARPA, Boeing and Lockheed Martin ... low observability and supersonic or hypersonic speeds. We now have an answer for at least some of the questions.

DARPA is using Earth’s atmosphere as a powerful sensor, allowing the detection of events like rocket reentries and illicit ...

DARPA's AtmoSense program uses Earth's atmosphere as a global sensor to detect disturbances like underground explosions and ...