China’s hypersonic wind tunnel

Big Boost To China’s Hypersonic Technology; Engineers ‘Crack Codes’ Of A Highly Innovative, ‘Miracle’ Engine?

By Shreya Mundhra, Published by The Eurasian Times, 27 December 2021 Chinese scientists are celebrating the success of a new hypersonic engine, according to reports. The past few months have been important for China in terms of the success of its hypersonic technologies. Not only did the country get a

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Space-based solar power beaming (AFRL graphic)

Space was the place, including for starry-eyed optimism: 5 Stories From 2021

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 27 December 2021 Among all the space action over the past year, AFRL's push to expand military space operations to cislunar space — the vast volume of space between the Earth's outer orbit and that of the Moon — and beyond has been

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A notional image of one of the Space Development Agency's first transport layer satellites. (Lockheed Martin)

The US military wants to plug commercial satellites into its orbital networks

By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 23 December 2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S. military wants to directly plug commercial imagery satellites into its forthcoming orbital networks, enabling soldiers in the field to access that data faster. The military has become increasingly interested in using satellite imagery to extend its situational

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The terrifying future space weapons – ‘rods from God’ meteorites, molten metal cannons and weaponised asteroids By Patrick Knox, Published by the U.S. Sun, 23 December 2021 WEAPONISED asteroids, "rods from god" raining down on Earth and cannon firing molten metal and — it sounds like something from a sci-fi

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An artist's depiction of L3Harris' tracking layer satellite, which will be part of a solution designed by the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency to track and target hypersonic weapons from space. (L3Harris Technologies)

New hypersonic missile-tracking satellites pass critical design review

By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNet, 21 December 2021 WASHINGTON — The prototype satellites that will help the U.S. Missile Defense Agency track hypersonic threats have passed a critical design review, meaning the contractors can move forward with manufacturing. The Missile Defense Agency selected L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman in

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