If all goes well, the Pentagon this week will test an unmanned aircraft that, in theory, can travel at speeds upwards of 13,000 miles per hour and send a missile to strike an identified target within ...

It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Mach 20 aircraft, and apparently, that pesky glider is so fast that it's rather difficult to track. DARPA ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has confirmed details about the crashing of its unmanned military flight called the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) on Aug.11, ...

Defense department tests drone to fly at 13,000 mph. Aug. 11, 2011— -- The U.S. military said it launched a hypersonic test aircraft called the Falcon HTV-2, which reached speeds of 13,000 mph, ...

It was supposed to be the fastest plane ever built, the Falcon HTV-2, but instead it proved to be a swift failure. A test launch of an experimental aircraft capable of getting from London to Sydney in ...

WASHINGTON — Japan launched the first of a new generation of cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, with potential applications beyond low Earth orbit. An H3 rocket lifted off from the ...

We have talked about the DARPA HTV-2 hypersonic glider that has been in testing before. The goal of the program is to be able to create a weapon that can strike anywhere on the planet within a few ...

It will reach the station Monday, May 25. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An unpiloted Japanese cargo ship, the last of its kind, ...

Six months after its maiden flight ended in the aircraft self-destructing, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) says it knows what went wrong with the Falcon Hypersonic Test ...

The Falcon hypersonic plane that's so fast it could make the Sydney-London leg in less than an hour has gone AWOL. The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 was launched successfully into space from ...