The test comes as the Trump administration is pushing for the deployment of a next-generation missile defense shield.

“Our Aegis Combat System successfully defended against a simulated hypersonic threat,” stated Chandra Marshall, vice president of Multi-Domain Combat Solutions at Lockheed Martin.

The FTX-40 test, or “Stellar Banshee,” served as a validation for modern hypersonic missile tracking satellites, upgraded ...

Follow the Missile Defense Agency's efforts to deliver the U.S. Navy a capability to defuse hypersonic missile threats.

The United States recently tested anti-hypersonic defense tactics to counter the threat posed by hypersonic weapons. The test ...

track and intercept a maneuvering hypersonic missile in a simulated test—a major step toward a live intercept. The March 24 test, known as Flight... Demonstration Simulates Hypersonic Glide ...

LOBO49 out of Barksdale AFB went to the UTTR (Utah Test and ... inform future hypersonic programs. The decision apparently was influenced by the latest test flight of the missile at that time ...

shown here during a 2021 missile test, as one of three possible overland hypersonic testing corridors. In order to piece together an advanced missile defense architecture, Rumford said ...

and engaged a simulated advanced hypersonic Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) using a virtual representation of the SM-6 Block IAU missile. This test, which was supported by the Missile ...

A year ago the U.S. Air Force tested its new AGM-183A ARRW Air launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic missile. The test took place from the Pacific base on the island of Guam. The missile was ...