At hypersonic speeds — above Mach 5, or more than 5 times the speed of sound (3,836 mph or 6,174 kilometers per hour) — the flow of air around a vehicle's surface becomes complex and bumpy.

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. (Photo by Spc. Karleshia Gater/US Army) The U.S. Army has scheduled a test of its Long ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) 3D simulations of hypersonic shock waves reveal new flow disturbances, particularly breaks in the flow within shock layers around cone-shaped models at Mach 16 ...

Hypersonic simulation in 3D exposes new disturbances. ScienceDaily . Retrieved March 28, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 / 250326221516.htm ...

In a major defense milestone, the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) has successfully completed a simulated engagement with a live hypersonic missile in the ...

A mock-up of Mac Jee's under-development hypersonic, solid-fuel rocket at the Latin American Aerospace and Defense expo in Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Steve Trimble/Aviation Week Network RIO DE ...

Stratolaunch celebrated a successful test but remained tight-lipped about who would use the hypersonic test vehicle. Those customers have since emerged: the United States Air Force and the ...

Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. The world has taken notice of the hypersonic technology that China and Russia ...