The Global Hypersonic Race
... hopes to leap from subsonic straight to hypersonic, skipping supersonics altogether. China is believed to be working on at least two hypersonic programs. Since 2014, it... ..., under development by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, is planned as an equivalent to Russia’s Avangard. The Boeing Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) will... ... combined-cycle engine (the turbine will accelerate the vehicle to Mach 2, after which the scramjet will further propel it to hypersonic speeds). According to some reports , the vehicle may be reusable. Northrop Grumman Corporation is working to design the combined-cycle Advanced...