Dark Eagle isn’t just fast—it’s built to stay outside the best detection windows and arrive with almost no time to respond.

But a retired Navy officer and defense expert said that arming Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with these missiles is a "terrible idea." ...

The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since ...

As nations across our planet are striving to strengthen their defense capabilities, hypersonic weapons are considered to be a potential game-changer in future warfare. This is due to their extreme ...

The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), which the U.S. Army formally designated Dark Eagle in April 2025, is a ground-launched boost-glide hypersonic weapon intended to deliver a maneuverable glide ...

The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since the early 2000s. In recent years, it has focused such ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current U.S. Army systems, the first step toward ...

The U.S. and Germany on Wednesday announced the movement of more strategic weapons into Europe, including undeveloped hypersonic missile systems, as tensions continue to rise over Russia’s war in ...

The United States is scheduled to deploy a hypersonic weapon unit by the end of September, the Army said, as the Pentagon races to close the gap in this field with its major adversaries. The ...

As the United States has fallen behind its adversaries in hypersonic weapons development, private-sector actors are attempting to help close the gap. The race for hypersonic weapons is on, and the ...