Composite image with an F-35 carrying four Mako missiles under the wings and, in the box, the mockup displayed at the Sea Air Space 2024 exposition. (Images: Lockheed Martin and Naval News) The new multirole, multiplatform Mako missile can be employed...
B-52 Stratofortress crews from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota and the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, participated in hypersonic weapon familiarization training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 27,...
An artist’s interpretation of a hypersonic vehicle and a rotating combustion chamber design. (Images: GE Aerospace and USAF/AFRL, edited by The Aviationist) The Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet test, believed to be the first of its kind, exploited rotating detonation combustion technology. General...
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress loaded with two AGM-183 ARRW missiles. (Courtesy photo via U.S. Air Force) The service will complete the two last test flights to inform future hypersonic programs. The U.S. Air Force is planning to abandon the...
Artist’s concept of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapons Concept (HAWC) vehicle after booster separation. (Image: Lockheed Martin) The data acquired will be used for the More Opportunities HAWC program and other hypersonic technologies. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced...
