Hypersonic startup Hermeus has secured funding from the U.S. Air Force and the Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate to develop its Mach 5 aircraft.
Photos: Hermeus
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MDA confirms talk with Japan on HBTSS
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has confirmed to Yomiuri Shimbun by email that there are talks with Japan on how Tokyo can join the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program.
Graphic: Northrop Grumman
Minotaur 4 rocket to send NROL-129 into space
The U.S. government is ready to send its newest spy satellite, NROL-129, into space on Jul. 15 using a Minotaur 4 rocket.
Photo: NRO
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Japan might put Aegis Ashore on floating platform
The Japanese government is said to be considering a suggestion to put the Aegis Ashore system on a floating platform out at sea.
Photo: MDA
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Dynetics hypersonic missile facility in Huntsville
U.S. Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy toured Dynetics’ Common-Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) facility in Huntsville on Jul. 1.