hypersonic

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President Donald Trump last year ordered his administration to develop a plan for a space-based shield capable of intercepting ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, which he dubbed the “Golden Dome.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

The Army is also developing a hypersonic missile with a range of over 1,000 miles that travels at five times the speed of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

It has contracts with drug companies and also the military, which tests technology at hypersonic speeds as the capsules return to Earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Stratolaunch makes reusable hypersonic test aircraft, which are integral for the Defense Department’s lower-cost tests of aircraft and weapons that travel at least five times the speed of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

But even with the errors, the machines processed the transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flows and trajectory analyses in a way that surpassed the upper limits of human ability.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly