Berlin’s move comes as Kyiv struggles on the battlefield against Moscow’s forces, amid a key package of aid from Washington being held up due to political squabbling in Congress.

Due to potential use in development of hypersonic weapons, Vulcan-CFD software is subject to export controls with distributions limited to within US.

US and China likely to continue developing hypersonic weapons while also improving their defensive capabilities to neutralise these systems: analyst.

Chinese research into the effectiveness of using lasers to combat hypersonic missiles turns up some surprise findings.

Congress hears plea for more funding, speed and capability to protect strategically vital American territory as PLA enhances its missile technology.

The test was conducted on Sunday after a B-52 bomber left the island of Guam carrying an Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon.

Germany accused Russia’s president of trying to sow disunity with the wiretap leak of a confidential German army discussion on the Ukraine war.

As the war against Russia enters its third year – and with over 8,000 missiles already fired by Moscow – Kyiv’s defence minister said delayed aid will mean a loss of people and territories.

Researchers claim they have developed a high-speed, high-precision smart shell for kinetic energy weapons.

The alleged test came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared he would scrap Pyongyang’s long-standing goal of peaceful unification with South Korea.

Declining industrial base, supply-chain constraints and outflow of weapons to Ukraine said to have left America vulnerable amid bureaucracy.

Simulations have shown that a high-speed kinetic weapon weighing 20kg could stop an enemy tank in its tracks.

Paper says design integrating rotational and straight-line detonation across a wide speed range is ‘world first’ and testament to Chinese ingenuity.

Russian President Vladimir Putin once said the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles were ‘undefeatable’ systems. In Ukraine, they’ve often been defeated, the UK Ministry of Defence said.

As the trade war escalated, Washington increased pressure on Israel to limit or ban cooperation with China in research and technology, despite once cosy bilateral ties.

Scientists have developed a breakthrough surface material previously thought to be impossible.

The Russian president says aircraft carrying the hypersonic weapons will be patrolling the Black Sea in response to increased US involvement in the Ukraine conflict.

Experts say it shows how Pyongyang will even target allies, such as Moscow, in the bid to acquire critical technologies.

Theorised hypersonic tungsten rod weapon might not be as effective as previously thought

Dozens of entities, including a security firm previously run by Blackwater founder Erik Prince, were added to the entity list over national security concerns.

House select committee on China seeks information from Defence Department and Alfred University, which is said to host a Confucius Institute and have partnership with China University of Geosciences.

Tehran claims the new weapon can travel at 15 times the speed of sound; it appears to have a movable nozzle, which could allow it to evade air defences.

The world-leading JF-22 can simulate extreme flight conditions at Mach 30 and will play key role in developing Beijing’s hypersonic weapons programme and passenger air travel.

The intermediate-range ballistic missile is capable of striking Hawaii, and the Pentagon says there is a ‘high probability’ it can penetrate its defences.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has boasted of being a global leader in the technology, but Ukraine says it destroyed six of the weapons in one night.

Physicist Zhang Yonghao resigned from the University of Edinburgh to join China’s new national hypersonic laboratory in Beijing.

Chinese military scientists say they have developed a method to help hypersonic weapons evade interception while using minimal resources.