China’s H-20 long-range stealth bomber is nearing operational status, a development that will fundamentally reshape the strategic balance in the Indo-Pacific. -Western skepticism of the program is ...

The U.S. Air Force is significantly upgrading its aging B-1B Lancer fleet, transforming the venerable bomber into a ...

One of the arguments against hypersonic missiles has been their cost---at least $15 million per weapon, but panelists at a Monday discussion at the Hudson ...

Traveling around 4,000 miles per hour, a hypersonic bomber could theoretically depart from a base in the continental U.S. to hit targets across the Pacific or Atlantic in just 90 minutes.

At a trillion dollars, this year’s defense budget request is big — and a record-setting $179 billion is just for research and development.

B-21 Raider: America’s Future Stealth Bomber Takes Flight. The B-21 Raider is currently being flight-tested, with hopes that the new stealth bomber will be operational in the early 2030s.

The hypersonic bomber prototype is envisioned as a “Y-plane” concept. It is an experimental design potentially leading to engineering and manufacturing development (EMD). It will use a turbine-based ...

Stealth destroyer 1st to carry hypersonic missiles that travel 5 times the speed of sound — with testing imminent. News. By Peter Ray Allison published 13 December 2024 ...

Hypersonic weapons travel beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, ... Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship. By Associated Press. Facebook. Twitter.

Stealth destroyer will be home for first hypersonic weapon on a U.S. warship The USS Zumwalt is seen at the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.

Stealth Destroyer to Be Home for 1st Hypersonic Weapon on a US Warship The USS Zumwalt is seen at the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo ...

A U.S. hypersonic weapon was successfully tested over the summer and development of the missiles is continuing. The Navy wants to begin testing the system aboard the Zumwalt in 2027 or 2028 ...