China’s Luanniao "flying aircraft carrier" concept imagines warfare from the edge of space, though reality may be far behind ...

Sixth generation is not the finish line, it is the starting point for a new kind of air warfare built around hypersonic ...

State media blasted out an over-the-top generated video on Tuesday of the Luanniao carrier apparently speeding on the edge of ...

China claims unmanned Xuan Nu fighter jets will be able to launch their missiles at targets on Earth from orbit. The Luanniao will carry up to 88 of these jets. They will be significantly heavier than ...

SpaceWorks Enterprises and Stratolaunch will utilize their respective X-60 and Talon-A platforms for the program.

Russia launched 521 missiles and drones at Ukraine on 3 February in the largest attack of 2026. Zircon ship-killer missiles struck heating plants.

NASA awards studies to SpaceWorks and Stratolaunch aimed at making hypersonic flight testing more affordable and repeatable.

While NASA is working with U.S. aviation to explore commercial supersonic technologies, the agency is also looking forward to an even faster era of flight – one of vehicles that can fly hypersonic, or ...

The DSB-LK was a Soviet flying-wing bomber concept designed to fly at hypersonic speeds and outrun all Western interceptors.

NASA’s X-59 QueSST (a low-boom demonstrator) made its first flight on October 28, 2025. It is hoped that when it flies ...

The upgradation and modernisation of BrahMos cruise missiles is a continuous project, with an aim of transition to hypersonic ...

Alexander Stepanov cited projects such as the GELA hypersonic drone, capable of reaching speeds of up to 11,000 km/h, a new unmanned aerial vehicle capable of reaching Mach 7 and launching payloads ...