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| 2025 |
Design/Build/Fly
FH Joanneum from Graz, Austria wins the Design/Build/Fly competition in Tucson, AZ, with Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology taking second place.
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| March 2025 |
Tiger team
Michael Waltz mentioned the term 'tiger team' in a leaked Signal chat regarding an anticipated strike against the Houthis.
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| 2024 |
Design/Build/Fly
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach) wins the Design/Build/Fly competition in Wichita, KS with their team 'WRENCH', beating Georgia Institute of Technology.
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| December 26 2024 |
Trijet
A Chengdu J-36 aircraft was reportedly spotted conducting test flights in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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| June 28 2024 |
Hypersonic flight
Department of Defense announces a successful end-to-end test of the US Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon and US Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike missile, launched from Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.
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| March 2024 |
Hypersonic flight
Stratolaunch Roc launches TA-1, approaching Mach 5 in a powered flight as a risk-reduction exercise for TA-2. Castelion simultaneously launches a low-cost hypersonic platform in the Mojave desert.
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| March 17 2024 |
Hypersonic flight
A B-52 from Anderson AFB in Guam fired an All-Up-Round AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), which was tested at Reagan test site in the Pacific.
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| February 14 2024 |
Hypersonic flight
Space Development Agency (SDA) and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) launch a combined six satellites for hypersonic vehicle tracking as part of launch USSF-124.
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| February 7 2024 |
Hypersonic flight
Ukraine reported shooting down a 3M22 Zircon missile in Kyiv, which reportedly did not exceed Mach 3.
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| January 8 2024 |
Maiden flight
Vulcan Centaur rocket completed its first flight, carrying the Peregrine Mission One.
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| 2023 |
Design/Build/Fly
RWTH Aachen University wins the Design/Build/Fly competition in Tucson, AZ, with University of Ljubljana taking second place.
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| December 14 2023 |
Hypersonic flight
Engineers at GE Aerospace demonstrated a test rig for a rotating detonation engine (RDE), aimed at combining an RDE with a ramjet/scramjet to evaluate rotating detonation combustion for potential hypersonic propulsion systems at speeds between Mach 1 and Mach 5.
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| June 26 2023 |
Hypersonic flight
France's VMaX hypersonic glide vehicle developed by ArianeGroup successfully completed its first flight test.
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| May 2023 |
Hypersonic flight
Ukraine successfully shoots down a Kinzhal hypersonic missile using a Patriot missile system.
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| April 20 2023 |
Maiden flight
Starship rocket made its maiden flight, becoming the most powerful launch vehicle at the time.
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| February 2023 |
Hypersonic flight
According to leaked secret documents, China's DF-27 hypersonic weapon demonstrated the capability to cover a significant distance in 12 minutes, directly threatening Guam and US Navy aircraft carriers.
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| 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
Hypersonic missile development project named SCIFIRE launched, involving small and large companies in collaboration between Australia and the US.
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| 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
Iran announced the construction of its first hypersonic missile, capable of speeds above Mach 13. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Air Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, claimed the missile could bypass air defense systems. However, the Pentagon expressed doubts about the claim.
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| 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
China unveiled two additional hypersonic models.
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| 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
CNN confirms the ongoing leadership of Russia and China in hypersonic weapon development, with the US Department of Defense addressing the technological gap.
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| 2022 |
Design/Build/Fly
Georgia Institute of Technology wins the Design/Build/Fly competition in Wichita, KS, with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach) taking second place with their team 'MULLET'.
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| November 17 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
Hermeus successfully demonstrated a technological transition from turbojet aircraft engine operation to ramjet operation, which is a significant breakthrough in hypersonic flight technology by eliminating the need to boost aircraft velocities using rockets or scramjets.
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| November 16 2022 |
Maiden flight
Space Launch System (block 1) completed its maiden flight, carrying the Artemis 1 mission.
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| October 26 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
Sandia National Laboratories conducts a successful test of hypersonic technologies at Wallops Island.
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| September 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
Raytheon is selected for fielding the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM), a scramjet-powered hypersonic missile, targeted for FY2027.
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| July 19 2022 |
Trijet
Boom Technology unveiled a revised four-engine design for their Overture supersonic transport at the Farnborough Airshow.
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| July 18 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
Raytheon announced another successful test of its Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) scramjet in free flight.
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| May 14 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
First successful flight test of ARRW completed.
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| March 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
A HAWC Scramjet was successfully tested in an air-launched flight by a second vendor.
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| March 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
Lockheed successfully tests an air-launched, scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile funded by DARPA.
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| March 9 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
Congress halved funding for ARRW (Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon) and transferred the balance to its R&D account to allow for further testing.
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| February 18 2022 |
Hypersonic flight
Russia conducted a coordinated series of missile exercises, including hypersonic missiles, with launch platforms ranging from submarines in the Barents Sea to ships in the Black Sea. The exercise included an RS-24 Yars ICBM launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome to Kamchatka Peninsula.
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| 2021 |
Hypersonic flight
Missile Defense Agency begins funding regional countermeasures against hypersonic weapons in their glide phase.
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| 2021 |
Hypersonic flight
Russia launched a 3M22 Zircon antiship missile over the White Sea as part of a series of tests.
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| 2021 | Squadron began operating Lockheed HC-130J Combat King II aircraft |
| 2021 | Introduced Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call aircraft to squadron inventory |
| 2021 |
Design/Build/Fly
The Design/Build/Fly competition fly-off was again cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, select teams were invited to submit a video presentation and demonstration of their aircraft design.
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| 2021 |
Navigation
Navigation journal reported an impact factor of 2.1 according to the Journal Citation Reports, categorized under aerospace engineering, remote sensing, and telecommunications.
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| October 2021 |
Hypersonic flight
James Acton characterizes hypersonic vehicle proliferation as 'never-ending'.
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| October 2021 |
Hypersonic flight
The US Department of Defense reported two hypersonic launches by China, with one launch demonstrating the ability to change trajectories.
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| October 29 2021 |
Hypersonic flight
Successful static test of the booster rocket for the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, including first stage thrust vector control system.
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| October 21 2021 |
Hypersonic flight
Pentagon conducts a hypersonic glide body test at Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska, which fails to complete due to booster failure.
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| October 1 2021 | Activated as Test and Evaluation Squadron. |
| October 1 2021 | Activated at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, and assigned to the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group. |
| October 1 2021 | Squadron reassigned to 753rd Test and Evaluation Group on October 1, 2021, where it remains currently. |
| September 2021 |
Hypersonic flight
US defense contractors Raytheon/Northrop Grumman successfully test an air-launched, scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile funded by DARPA.
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