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Jun- 2021 -9 JuneEurope
Russia Tests S-500 Air Defense System With New Interceptors
Russia has tested its S-500 air defense system with interceptors capable of eliminating hypersonic targets.
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May- 2021 -28 MayAmericas
US Navy Announces Successful Hypersonic Rocket Motor Test
The US Navy has successfully conducted a test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor as part of its Conventional Prompt Strike offensive hypersonic missile development and the army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon.
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13 MayCommentary
Lockheed Takeover Plan Jeopardizes US Ability to Counter Evolving Missile Threats
The US government should prohibit Lockheed Martin’s proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne in the already highly-concentrated missile defense, propulsion, and hypersonic development market.
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11 MayAir
US Air Force Tests Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon
The US Air Force announced an electronics test in its development of a hypersonic missile capable of targeting enemy military bases in challenging locations as well as surface warships.
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Apr- 2021 -15 AprilArms
BAE Increases Funding for Australian Hypersonic Weapons
BAE Systems Australia has announced additional funding for the development of Canberra’s hypersonic weapons capabilities.
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15 AprilArctic
Russia’s Anti-Hypersonic Missile Radar to Deploy in Arctic by June
Russia has announced that a third station equipped with its Rezonans-N radar, a technology capable of detecting stealth aircraft and hypersonic targets, will be combat-ready in the Arctic region by June.
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Feb- 2021 -9 FebruaryEurope
Russia Announces Hypersonic and Precision Long-Range Weapons Purchase
Russia's Ministry of Defense announced it will purchase additional hypersonic and precision long-range weapons.
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Oct- 2020 -27 OctoberAmericas
Texas A&M Secures $20M Contract to Establish Applied Hypersonics Consortium
Texas A&M University has been awarded a $20 million contract by the Department of Defense to set up a University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics.
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6 OctoberSpace
US Agency Invests to Build Space-Based Missile-Tracking System
The US Space Development Agency announced contracts worth $342 million for two companies to build the first stage of a space-based missile-tracking system.
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Dec- 2019 -27 DecemberEurope
Russia says first Avangard hypersonic missile enters service
Russian defense minister Sergey Shoygu told President Vladimir Putin that the country's first Avangard hypersonic missiles have been put into service
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