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The Talon A-2 hypersonic aircraft successfully completed its second test flight, passing Mach 5 on 24 March 2025.

(Giancarlo Casem/U.S. Air Force) The Air Force wants to revive its shelved AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, hypersonic program — and perhaps move it into the procurement phase.

Air-launched hypersonic weapons in both glide and powered forms are back in favor, receiving an extra $741 million funding boost in the U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2026 budget request to revive one ...

The Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile is an air-launched, maneuverable weapon propelled by a scramjet engine that allows it to travel up to five times the speed of sound. The HACM is designed to hold ...

The U.S. Air Force needs to do more to protect its Indo-Pacific bases, including from evolving threats such as drones, according to a California-based think tank. The Rand Corp. report ...