Hypersonic rockets will be used to test Defence and science equipment in extreme conditions.

Rocket Lab appears to be planning the June 11 launch of its hypersonic HASTE spacecraft on a secretive government mission ...

Woomera, in South Australia, is the world’s largest testing range and was the scene of the successful launch of an experimental rocket called HiFiRE 5B, that attained a speed of Mach 7.5 or 7.5 times ...

Venus Aerospace, a Houston-based startup developing hypersonic propulsion technology, completed what it calls the first U.S. flight test of a next-generation rotating detonation rocket engine on May ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the ...

Rocket Lab (RKLB) is launching its fourth military hypersonic test mission in under six months. Rocket Lab is expanding defense work to generate steady revenue as commercial profitability remains ...

A NEW hypersonic space plane being built by British engineers could fly from London to Sydney in just three hours. The Invictus jet – meaning “unconquered” in Latin – could ...

The Defense Department has tapped Rocket Lab to launch its Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) rocket 20 times in four years, with the first launch expected within “months” of ...

Rocket Lab logo on building in the day, trees visible around - Emagnetic/Shutterstock For years, SpaceX has been considered one of the biggest contenders in the space industry, even helping launch ...