Global Scans · Hypersonics · Weekly Summary

• [New] The larger contract, valued at $4.16 billion, funds the Space-Based Advanced Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) satellite constellation under the Golden Dome missile and air defence initiative, designed to detect and track airborne threats including missiles and hypersonic weapons. Govly
• [New] By 2035, China is expected to have 4,000, and Russia around 1,000 hypersonic weapons. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [New] The Khorramshahr-4 hypersonic missile can cover a distance of 2,000 kilometers in 12 minutes, posing a potential threat to Israel's missile-defense shield known as the Iron Dome. Manara Magazine
• [New] Predictive Analysis: By 2028-2030, expect Ghost Bat Block 4/5 variants with enhanced autonomy, AI-driven collaborative decision-making, and potentially hypersonic weapon integration as Australia refines its long-range strike complex. Drone Warfare
• The likely possession of hypersonic weapons by Iran means that the US carrier groups, currently stationed off the coast of Oman, could be sunk by Iranian forces. Unlimited Hangout
• Ukraine will likely prioritize acquiring and deploying advanced Western air defence systems specifically optimized for hypersonic intercepts, while Russia may accelerate development of maneuvering hypersonic variants to counter evolving Ukrainian capabilities. Drone Warfare
• The Golden Dome for America is an envisioned shield that will protect the United States against ballistic and hypersonic missiles and other aerial threats. Space
• MDA's main program to defend against hypersonics is the Glide Phase Interceptor - a ship-launched missile that will be able to destroy incoming hypersonic glide vehicles while they are maneuvering through the atmosphere. DefenseScoop
• A hypersonic defence layer built around Japanese-hosted, co-developed interceptors combined with HBTSS-class sensors, MQ-4C Triton ISR, and F-35 sensor fusion is far more credible than any architecture the United States could sustain alone across three oceanic basins. Second Line of Defense
• HVGP batteries deployed along Japan's southwestern islands, potentially transportable by sea or by JASDF C-2 transports as ATLA has demonstrated, create a continuous hypersonic threat envelope along the approaches PLA Navy forces must traverse to break into the wider Pacific. Second Line of Defense
• A Trump-class hull built from the keel up around CPS could carry significantly more, addressing a core gap in the U.S. surface fleet's strike capacity that has been growing more strategically important as China and Russia field their own hypersonic weapons. 19FortyFive
• The United States Army expects to field the Dark Eagle, its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, in early 2026. SENTRY
• Once delivery of the entire missile battery is complete, Dark Eagle will become the first operational U.S. hypersonic weapon. SENTRY
• NATO Leaders agree an Emerging and Disruptive Technology Implementation Roadmap with seven original EDT areas: data, AI, autonomy, quantum technologies, biotechnology and human enhancement technologies, hypersonic technologies and space. Site name seo
• Russia's concurrent testing of a quasi-hypersonic counter-drone round, the Krona SAM system, and the Courier mortar UGV suggests a deliberate effort to build an integrated, layered anti-drone architecture that could complicate Ukrainian and NATO UAV operations at multiple engagement ranges. Drone Warfare
• Canada is working closely with the United States through NORAD to monitor emerging threats, including hypersonic weapons. ArcticToday
• The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) confirmed last week that a counter-hypersonic live-fire intercept test is now scheduled for fiscal year 2027 - Mach 5 chasing Mach 5, at altitudes and speeds the United States has never publicly engaged before. MiGFlug.com Blog
• U.S. bases, forces, and other infrastructure abroad and at home could be at risk attack by large numbers of unmanned aircraft; underwater, surface, and land systems; and cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• China and Russia have developed and demonstrated multiple hypersonic weapons in recent years that could pose a threat to the U.S. Air & Space Forces Magazine

Last updated: 21 June 2026