Hypersonic Strategy Digest

The AIM-260 JATM is Lockheed Martin's Mach 5 beyond-visual-range missile designed to outrange the AIM-120 AMRAAM and counter threats like China's...

Congress is accelerating hypersonics support through a new caucus and FY27 NDAA provisions, responding directly to Russian and Chinese advances.
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India's DRDL scramjet combustor tests have progressed from ignition stability trials to sustained endurance runs exceeding 1000 seconds, signalling a...

Ukraine's FP-7 ballistic missile, nearing autumn deployment after roughly 15 tests, removes the requirement for US target authorization that...

• Strategic Shift: SBI marks first U.S. move to deploy operational orbital interceptors, transforming satellites from observers into active defenders...

Tiberius Aerospace's Sceptre offers a liquid-fueled ramjet 155mm round fired from standard NATO howitzers, aiming for 150 km range, Mach 3+ speeds,...

China's DF-17 showcase signals mass deployment and readiness for hypersonic strikes against regional defenses.

Japan's upgraded Type 25 missile now...

Lockheed Martin's completed second stage motor case burst test for the Next Generation Interceptor verifies structural limits, manufacturing quality,...

The US Army has transformed its cancelled Strategic Long Range Cannon into the Heavy Artillery Test System (HATS) to slash hypersonic warhead testing...

Lockheed Martin completed a burst test on the Next Generation Interceptor’s second-stage motor case, confirming the carbon fiber structure can handle...

The U.S. Army's successful live-fire hypersonic warhead test at Yuma Proving Ground revives technology from the canceled Strategic Long Range Cannon...

The Iran conflict has drained US inventories of ATACMS and PrSM missiles, with the Army expending virtually all stocks over five months. Patriot and...

• UFRN simulations used 2D-RANS with k-kl-ω model on mixed-compression intake at Mach 6.4-7.2.
• Lower off-design speeds produced ~8% air mass loss...

• Severe threats from China and North Korea push Japan to accelerate defense modernization and counterstrike weapons.
• Record spending above 9...

Taiwan's Qingtian hypersonic cruise missile has completed full-system design and is positioned for FY2027 budget inclusion, moving it into serialized...

Ukraine faces acute exposure as Patriot interceptor shortages leave it vulnerable to Russian ballistic missiles flying at hypersonic speeds.

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• Lockheed aims to triple PAC-3 MSE output and quadruple THAAD production via new framework deals and $8-9B investments.
• These missiles rely on...

Hypersonic development advances along two parallel paths: controlled lab experiments and real-world flight demonstrations.

• Wind-tunnel work at Mach...

India issued a NOTAM restricting a 2,530 km corridor over the Indian Ocean for a likely long-range missile test from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island...

By naming JHU APL technical direction agent, the Space Force gains independent oversight to maintain system architecture consistency across commercial...